Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) - Lot 129

Lot n° 129
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Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) - Lot 129
Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) "The Sphinx" 1939 Ink and pastel drawing Dated 1939 lower right Signed and autographed in 1943 bottom left 54 x 43 cm This beautiful drawing of very surrealist inspiration is linked to a small series of works that COCTEAU made in 1939. We find in each of them the 3 pyramids, the Sphinx, and the guard with the spear, sometimes a soldier draped in an antique style, sometimes a young woman elegantly dressed in an evening gown. Such is the case here. In 1945, COCTEAU was commissioned to draw a picture for the American magazine HARPER'S BAAZAR. He took up the idea of a sphinx wearing a necklace of precious stones around its neck and engraved the name HARPER'S in the stone at the base of the sphinx.
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