Jean Cocteau 2021-10-21 Auction - 137 Price Results - Bonhams in Paris
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le Potomak (Conçu en 1914
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Les Eugènes de la Guerre
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le Mot, Paul Iribe é
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Paris, Paris, France
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Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau: l’Orphée moderne, Bonhams’ sale in Paris this October, is spot on with its title. Like the Greek god Orpheus – whose seductive lyre-playing charmed all creatures – Cocteau was an exotic, talented, fairy-tale creature, who charmed the cutting edge international artistic circles of Paris and beyond for the first half of the 20th century. With his talent for self-promotion, his magic touched minds that seem poles apart, from Russian ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev to the brilliant British economist John Maynard Keynes. And his influence lives on through Cecil Beaton’s photographs (including Beaton’s penetrating images of Cocteau), in Philip Glass’s mesmerising music homage to Cocteau’s film Orphée, and in designers such as Luke Edward Hall. Cocteau considered himself a poet in everything he did. Although he published more than 20 volumes of poetry, ‘poésie’ was how he described his innovative playwriting, librettos, novels and film-directing, as well as his painting, photography, ceramics and free lifestyle. The intrepid American novelist Edith Wharton met Cocteau, then in his early twenties, during her Paris sojourn before the First World War, and later remembered him as "a passionately imaginative youth to whom every great line of poetry was a sunrise, every sunset the foundations of the Heavenly City".

Auction Curator:

Lucia Tro Santafe
Lucia Tro Santafe
Specialist - Impressionist and Modern Art, Prints & Multiples
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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le Potomak (Conçu en 1914: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)Le Potomak pochoir collé sur une enveloppe17 x 23cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/16in).Conçu en 1914 pochoir laid down onto an envelope (as issued)Footnotes:Cette oeuvre est
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€600
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€800
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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Les Eugènes de la Guerre: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)Les Eugènes de la Guerre - étude pour le Mot cachet de l'atelier mine de plomb sur calque15.5 x 18.5cm (6 1/8 x 7 5/16in).Conçu vers 1915 with the atelier
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€600
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€800
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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Portrait de Picasso-cubiste: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)Portrait de Picasso-cubiste signé, daté et dédicacé à l'encre à Massine souvenir de son ami Jean Cocteau. Monsieur Picasso fume avec le
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€10,000
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€15,000
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DIVERS ARTISTES Collection de cinq portraits de Jean: DIVERS ARTISTESCollection de cinq portraits de Jean Cocteau trois signés et annotés par Jean Cocteauphotographies sur papier argentique 41 x 27.5cm (16 1/8 x 10 13/16in).(5)three signed
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€1,200
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€1,500
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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Profil à l'étoile: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)Profil à l'étoile encre noire et mine de plomb sur carton 23 x 17cm (9 1/16 x 6 11/16in).Exécuté dans les années 30 ink and graphite on
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€2,000
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€3,000
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Autoportrait de Jean: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Autoportrait de Jean l'Oiseleur cachet de l'atelierencre de Chine sur papier à lettre de l'Hotel Welcome de Villefranche-sur-mer 18.6 x 13.8cm (7 5/16 x 5
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€4,000
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€5,000
Lot Passed
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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le mystère de Jean: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925 portfolio de 31 autoportraits de Cocteau, lithographies en noir, rouge et bleu entourés de
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€1,000
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€2,000
CHRISTIAN BERARD (1902-1949) Scènes de thé: CHRISTIAN BERARD (1902-1949)Scènes de théâtre encre de Chine sur papier 66.8 x 41.4cm (26 5/16 x 16 5/16in).(3).similaires.India ink on paper
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€1,200
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€1,500
Lot Passed
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CHRISTIAN BERARD (1902-1949) Projet de décor pour: CHRISTIAN BERARD (1902-1949) Projet de décor pour la Belle endormie gouache sur papier 16 x 25cm (6 5/16 x 9 13/16in).gouache on paper
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€600
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€800
Jean Cocteau, le boeuf sur le toit ; annoté 'le: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)Le boeuf sur le toit; La dame rousse annoté Le boeuf sur le toit mine de plomb sur papier; encre de Chine on paper 27 x 21cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/4in).(2)annotated Le boeuf
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€1,000
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€1,500
Lot Passed
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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) La Machine Infernale - é: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)La Machine Infernale - étude du montage pour le Sphinx cachet de l'atelier encre noire sur papier 26.9 x 20.8cm (10 9/16 x 8 3/16in).Exécuté vers 1934 with
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€2,000
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€3,000
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Jean Cocteau, Portrait, signé en bas a droite Jean: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Portrait de Jean Desbordes signé encre de Chine sur papier 31 x 24.7cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/4in).signed India ink on paperFootnotes:Cette oeuvre est accompagnée d'un
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€1,000
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€1,500
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Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) La tragédie descendant: Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)La tragédie descendant des degrés crayon, encre de Chine et lavis sur papier 32.6 x 25.3cm (12 13/16 x 9 15/16in).Exécuté vers 1926-1928Footnotes:pen,
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€2,000
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€3,000
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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Théâtre du Vieux: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)Théâtre du Vieux Colombier, Jean-Baptiste le mal aimé affiche lithographiée rehaussée à la gouache sur papier vert65 x 40cm (25 9/16 x 15
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€1,500
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€2,000
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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Anna Pavlova (Exécuté: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)Anna Pavlova signé et titré mine de plomb sur papier 26.5 x 21cm (10 7/16 x 8 1/4in).Exécuté vers 1956 signed and titled graphite on paperFootnotes:Cette
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€1,800
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€2,500
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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Antigone (with the artist: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)Antigone monogrammé et dédicacé à Bernard son amiencre de Chine sur papier31 x 23.8cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/8in).with the artist monogram and dedicated à
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€2,000
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€3,000
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Portrait d'Honoré de: JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)Portrait d'Honoré de Balzac signé encre de Chine et mine de plomb sur papier à lettre de la Maison du Bailli 26.7 x 20.9cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4in).Exécuté
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€1,500
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€2,000
Lot Passed