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Works by Jean Cocteau from the Collection of Severin Wunderman

Auction 18551
London, Knightsbridge
23 Sep 2010, starting at 14:00 BST.
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Auction highlights

Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) 'Jeune Fille de Milly'
Sold for £48,000 inc. premium
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) 'Jeune Fille de Milly'
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Self portrait
Sold for £34,800 inc. premium
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Self portrait
Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Self portrait
Sold for £26,400 inc. premium
Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Self portrait
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Bust of a woman in profile
Sold for £17,400 inc. premium
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Bust of a woman in profile

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1 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Josephine Baker £2,400
€2,800
US$ 3,623
2 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Jean Weiner, Le Boeuf sur le toit £2,640
€3,080
US$ 3,986
3 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Marianne Oswald £960
€1,120
US$ 1,449
4 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Portrait of Gilbert Becaud £2,640
€3,080
US$ 3,986
7 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Portrait of Charles Trenet £1,440
€1,680
US$ 2,174
8 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Vaslav Nijinsky £5,520
€6,441
US$ 8,334
9 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Anna Pavlova £3,120
€3,640
US$ 4,710
10 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Dessin pour Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel, circa 1940 £3,600
€4,200
US$ 5,435
11 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Serge de Diaghilev et Serge Lifar £8,400
€9,802
US$ 12,683
12 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Sergei de Diaghilev £5,040
€5,881
US$ 7,609
13 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Bouc aux cornes blanches 25cm (10in)(diameter) £1,800
€2,100
US$ 2,717
15 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Quatre-Profils, conceived in 1958 37cm (14 1/2in)(diameter) £1,560
€1,820
US$ 2,355
16 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) La Belle Bleue, conceived in 1958 31cm (12 1/4in)(diameter) £840
€980
US$ 1,268
17 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Enfance, conceived in 1961 11.5cm (4 1/2in)(height) £1,440
€1,680
US$ 2,174
18 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Visage Ovale 37 x 26.5cm (14 1/2 x 10 1.2in)(oval) £1,560
€1,820
US$ 2,355
19 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Les Vestales, conceived in 1958 20cm (8in)(height) £3,120
€3,640
US$ 4,710
20 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Astrologie, conceived in 1958 35.5cm (14in)(diameter) £2,040
€2,380
US$ 3,080
21 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Orphée 32cm (12 1/2in)(diameter) £1,920
€2,240
US$ 2,898
22 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) La Machine Infernale, conceived in 1957 32cm (12 1/2in (diameter) £1,560
€1,820
US$ 2,355
23 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Jeune fille florentine 30.5cm (12in)(diameter) £1,560
€1,820
US$ 2,355
24 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Le Gabier de Vigie 27.5cm (10 3/4in)(diameter) £1,680
€1,960
US$ 2,536
25 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Bouc trois faces, conceived in 1958 36.5cm (14 1/4in) £1,800
€2,100
US$ 2,717
26 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Jean Hugo; Chien one 19 x 13.5cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4in) the other 19 x 9cm (7 1/2 x 3 1/2in) £1,920
€2,240
US$ 2,898
27 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Leon Bakst £2,880
€3,360
US$ 4,348
28 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Max Jacob £5,280
€6,161
US$ 7,972
30 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Portrait of Pablo Picasso £10,800
€12,602
US$ 16,306
31 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Pablo Picasso £2,880
€3,360
US$ 4,348
32 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Jean Marais £3,600
€4,200
US$ 5,435
33 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Madeleine Sologne £1,440
€1,680
US$ 2,174
34 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Edouard Dermit £5,280
€6,161
US$ 7,972
35 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Jean Marais in profile £4,800
€5,601
US$ 7,247
36 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Georges Marchal £3,240
€3,780
US$ 4,892
37 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Double portrait: Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard, circa 1936 each 27 x 20cm (10 3/4 x 8in) £6,600
€7,701
US$ 9,965
38 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Yvonne de Bray £1,200
€1,400
US$ 1,811
39 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Sarah Bernhardt £2,640
€3,080
US$ 3,986
40 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Le Clown au Chapeau Rouge £14,400
€16,803
US$ 21,742
41 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Two heads £5,040
€5,881
US$ 7,609
42 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Orpheus crowned with leaves £9,840
€11,482
US$ 14,857
43 After Jean Cocteau Lions Club 66 x 49.5cm (26 x 19 1/2in)(sheet). £336
€392
US$ 507
45 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Untitled - Double Profiles £5,040
€5,881
US$ 7,609
46 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Le dernier tableau noir £3,840
€4,481
US$ 5,797
47 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) 'Poetries - Galerie Pont des Arts' £4,800
€5,601
US$ 7,247
48 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Les Gémeaux £15,600
€18,204
US$ 23,554
49 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) 'Jeune Fille de Milly' £48,000
€56,012
US$ 72,474
51 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Anemones in a vase £3,840
€4,481
US$ 5,797
52 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) 'Jeune Homme avec son Poitrine Expresse' 52 x 38cm (20 1/2 x 14 15/16in)(image) £3,120
€3,640
US$ 4,710
53 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) 'Lions Club de Nice' £2,880
€3,360
US$ 4,348
54 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) The Testament of Orpheus, 1959-1960 £1,800
€2,100
US$ 2,717
55 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Le Testament d' Orphee, circa 1960 £900
€1,050
US$ 1,358
56 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Jeune homme étrusque £11,400
€13,302
US$ 17,212
58 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Tête d' Homme - Faune et Jeune Homme £6,000
€7,001
US$ 9,059
59 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Jeune homme à la collerette blanche £5,760
€6,721
US$ 8,696
60 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Femme Grecque au Chignon £5,400
€6,301
US$ 8,153
63 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Honore de Balzac £2,040
€2,380
US$ 3,080
64 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Arthur Rimbaud £6,960
€8,121
US$ 10,508
65 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire, circa 1917 £6,600
€7,701
US$ 9,965
66 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) 'Raymond Radiguet endormi' £5,520
€6,441
US$ 8,334
67 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Marin pour 'Querelle de Brest' £5,400
€6,301
US$ 8,153
68 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Jean Genet £6,600
€7,701
US$ 9,965
69 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Colette £6,240
€7,281
US$ 9,421
70 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Alexandre Dumas £840
€980
US$ 1,268
71 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Jean Desbordes £3,840
€4,481
US$ 5,797
72 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Portrait of Paul Léautaud £1,800
€2,100
US$ 2,717
73 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Jean Desbordes sleeping £3,840
€4,481
US$ 5,797
74 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) La Dame étonnée 8.5cm (3 1/2in)(height) £4,800
€5,601
US$ 7,247
75 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Tu seras pêcheur d'homme 37 x 27cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/2in)(oval) £1,320
€1,540
US$ 1,993
76 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Les Vestales, conceived in 1958 20cm (8in)(height) £5,040
€5,881
US$ 7,609
77 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Ismene et Antigone, conceived in 1958 15cm (6in)(height) £960
€1,120
US$ 1,449
78 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Double-Profil sur blanc 31cm (12 1/4in)(diameter) £1,560
€1,820
US$ 2,355
79 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Danseur aux Cymbales, conceived in 1958 31.5cm (12 1/4in)(diameter) £1,560
€1,820
US$ 2,355
80 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Tête de chêvre-pied sur jaune 27cm (10 3/4in)(diameter) £2,880
€3,360
US$ 4,348
81 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Clair de Lune, conceived in 1958 32cm (12 1/2in)(diameter) £2,280
€2,660
US$ 3,442
82 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Les Yeux-Verts, conceived in 1958 40.5cm (16in)(diameter) £2,640
€3,080
US$ 3,986
83 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Arlequin sur fond bleu 31cm (12 1/4in)(diameter) £1,320
€1,540
US$ 1,993
84 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Double-Masque aux feuilles, conceived 1958 36cm (14 1/4in)(diameter) £1,800
€2,100
US$ 2,717
85 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) 'Exposition Peinture Vallauris 1956' £1,800
€2,100
US$ 2,717
86 20th Century School A poster for 'Jean Cocteau et Son Temps' Musee Jacquemart-Andre, Paris, Mars-Mai 1965 £1,200
€1,400
US$ 1,811
87 20th Century School 'Tableau d'un inconnu en hommage a Jean Cocteau' £900
€1,050
US$ 1,358
88 20th Century School Portrait of a young man with blue eyes £4,080
€4,761
US$ 6,160
89 Edouard Dermit (French, 1925-1995) Still life of pineapple and vegetables £480
€560
US$ 724
90 20th Century School Portrait of a young man £3,360
€3,920
US$ 5,073
91 Christian Bérard (French, 1902-1949) Jean Cocteau asleep £1,020
€1,190
US$ 1,540
92 Christian Bérard (French, 1902-1949) Study of two men £8,160
€9,522
US$ 12,320
94 Jean-Denis Malcles (French, born 1912) Poster for 'La Belle et la Bete' (Beauty and the Beast) £1,440
€1,680
US$ 2,174
96 Edouard Dermit (French, 1925-1995) Face 32cm (12 1/2in)(height) £780
€910
US$ 1,177
97 A painted black glazed porcelain plate £240
€280
US$ 362
98 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Marcel Khill couche fumant l'opium £7,200
€8,401
US$ 10,871
100 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Three heads in a circle £4,560
€5,321
US$ 6,885
103 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Sphynx £2,280
€2,660
US$ 3,442
104 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Two nude figures £2,160
€2,520
US$ 3,261
106 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Head of a man £1,560
€1,820
US$ 2,355
107 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Rose stem £11,400
€13,302
US$ 17,212
108 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Head studies £1,440
€1,680
US$ 2,174
109 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Man resting £2,040
€2,380
US$ 3,080
110 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Al Brown asleep £1,080
€1,260
US$ 1,630
111 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Portrait of a man in profile £960
€1,120
US$ 1,449
112 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Portrait of a young man £4,800
€5,601
US$ 7,247
113 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) 'Les pensies de Pascal' £4,800
€5,601
US$ 7,247
114 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Bust of a woman in profile £17,400
€20,304
US$ 26,272
115 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Self Portrait, circa 1916 £8,160
€9,522
US$ 12,320
116 Jean Cocteau (French, 1892-1963) Self portrait £26,400
€30,806
US$ 39,861
117 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Pensive self portrait £10,200
€11,902
US$ 15,400
118 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Self portrait, 1935 £10,800
€12,602
US$ 16,306
119 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Self portrait £34,800
€40,609
US$ 52,544
120 Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) Self Portrait £8,400
€9,802
US$ 12,683
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