Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) - Lot 68

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Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) - Lot 68
Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) "The Sphinx" 1939 Ink and pastel drawing Dated 1939 lower right Signed and dedicated in 1943 lower 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 soldier draped in antique style, sometimes young woman elegantly dressed in evening gown. Such is the case here. In 1945, COCTEAU was commissioned to do a drawing for the American magazine HARPER'S BAAZAR. He took up the idea of a sphinx wearing a necklace of precious stones around his neck and, engraved in the stone at the base of the sphinx, the name HARPER'S
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