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September 29October 04, 2018
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LOT 108

Lot 108

JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Lot 108 Details
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963), French

LE TRAIT DE FEU (LINE OF FIRE), 1958

Colour lithograph on terracotta coloured wove Canson-type paper; signed and numbered 76/100 in white pencil. Drawn and printed by Cocteau at the Atelier Mourlot, Paris in 1958.
Image 25.5 x 19.75 in — 64.8 x 50.2 cm

Estimate $800-$1,200

Realised: $1,560
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
  • JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
  • JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Provenance:

Private Collection, Ontario

Note:

There was also an edition of 100 printed on black paper.

This image was published as a poster for Cocteau’s exhibition of ceramics, “Poteries,” with letters: “Galerie Pont de Arts chez Lucie Weill...” published by Mourlot, Paris in 1958.

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