Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). Orphée charmant les poissons, 1960. Ink on rag paper. 25-3/4 x 19-1/2 inches (65.4 x 49.5 cm) ...

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Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Orphée charmant les poissons, 1960
Ink on rag paper
25-3/4 x 19-1/2 inches (65.4 x 49.5 cm) (sheet)
Signed and dated lower right: Jean Cocteau / 1960

PROVENANCE:
Galerie Laurent Teillet, Paris;
Private collection, New York.

EXHIBITED:
Galerie Laurent Teillet, Paris, "Jean Cocteau," October-November, 1988.

This work is registered in the archives of Madame Annie Guédras.


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