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Jean Cocteau
La Dame Queteuse

1922

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Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) La Dame Queteuse Ink on paper Signed, inscribed and dated `La Dame Queteuse Jean 1922’ (below) 10.1/4 x 7.7/8 in. (26 x 20 cm.) Provenance: Vente Galerie de Chartres, 25 May 2007, lot 53. At this time the drawing was sold with a certificate of authenticity which is now missing (but it has full authentication). Jean Cocteau was an enormously influential French artist and writer known as one of the major figures of Dada and Surrealism. With an oeuvre that spanned painting, novels, poetry, plays, and films, Cocteau established himself as a leading creative force in Paris. A regular member of the avant-garde, he maintained long-term friendships with artists such as Pablo Picasso, Tristan Tzara, Francis Picabia, and Man Ray. “The job of the poet (a job which can't be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force,” he once mused. Born on July 5, 1889 in Maisons-Laffitte, France, the self-taught Cocteau would regularly draw his friends and acquaintances in a distinctive, fluid style informed by his interests in Cubism, psychoanalysis, and Catholicism. “Poets don't draw,” he once quipped about his artworks. “They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.” Among his best-known works is the novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929) and his critically acclaimed films le Sang d’un poète (Blood of a Poet) (1930), La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) (1946), and Orphée (Orpheus) (1949). Cocteau died on October 11, 1963 at the age of 74 in Milly-la-Foret, France. Today, his works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, among others. Condition: At present the paper has browned. There are grease spots / fox marks. The paper would brighten significantly by using a good restorer. It is mounted in canvas and has a gilded slip behind glass in a wood frame with a gilded inner section, black painted outer edge with stencilled foliate decoration, abrasions and small chips.
  • Creator:
    Jean Cocteau (French)
  • Creation Year:
    1922
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Width: 7.88 in (20.02 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    At present the paper has browned. There are grease spots / fox marks. The paper would brighten significantly by using a good restorer. Unframed.
  • Gallery Location:
    Petworth, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU54035971772

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