23 Sep 2010
14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge
Works by Jean Cocteau from the Collection of Severin Wunderman
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Works by Jean Cocteau from the Collection of Severin Wunderman
Back to auction 18551
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963)
'Jeune Fille de Milly'
signed and dated 'Jean Cocteau/1951' (lower left), oil on canvas
81 x 65cm (31 7/8 x 25 9/16in).
signed and dated 'Jean Cocteau/1951' (lower left), oil on canvas
81 x 65cm (31 7/8 x 25 9/16in).
Sold for
£48,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Cocteau moved to a house Milly-la-Forêt in 1947, buying it with Jean Marais. It was here that he wrote, painted and sculpted until his death in 1963. He is buried in the Chapelle Saint-Blaise, which he had decorated in the 1950s.
Category: Fine Art / Pictures
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