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Sale 2574 | Lot 180
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Sale 2574 - Lot 180
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
"Knight" from "Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde." Pastel, watercolor, and marker on paper, circa 1937 for Cocteau's book and play "Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde" which premiered at Théâtre de l'œuvre on October 14, 1937. 263x180 mm; 10 1/4x7 inches, on 14 1/2x10 1/2-inch sheet from his spiral notebook. Unsigned but with Cocteau Estate stamp in lower right. Tipped to window matte.
Provenance: Chevalier Tony Clark Collection.
"Knight" from "Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde." Pastel, watercolor, and marker on paper, circa 1937 for Cocteau's book and play "Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde" which premiered at Théâtre de l'œuvre on October 14, 1937. 263x180 mm; 10 1/4x7 inches, on 14 1/2x10 1/2-inch sheet from his spiral notebook. Unsigned but with Cocteau Estate stamp in lower right. Tipped to window matte.
Provenance: Chevalier Tony Clark Collection.
Condition:
Colors bright and no suface toning or discoloration. Overall soft wrinkling of paper. Tipped to matte with archival tape in two places along top of drawing. Spirals pulled along left side (caused by removal from notebook). One short, hard crease at right edge, not affecting image and hidden by matte. Verso blank.
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