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Lot 192
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Portrait de Georges Auric, tête de profil, pen and black ink, [c.1920]
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Portrait de Georges Auric, tête de profil
Pen and black ink, pencil, stamped with artist's monogram in the lower right corner, 233 x 208 mm (9 1/8 x 8 1/4 in), under glass, expert repair to lower left corner, framed, [circa 1920]
Provenance:
The artist's estate;
Liliane & Etienne Saint-Georges
Exhibited:
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Jean Cocteau, au fil du siècle, September 2003 to January 2004
⁂ Georges Auric was a member of Les Six, a group of avant-garde composers informally associated with Cocteau and Eric Satie. By the time he was 20, he had already composed and orchestrated music for numerous ballets and theatrical performances. Additionally, he enjoyed a prolific and esteemed career as a composer for film.
Portrait de Georges Auric, tête de profil
Pen and black ink, pencil, stamped with artist's monogram in the lower right corner, 233 x 208 mm (9 1/8 x 8 1/4 in), under glass, expert repair to lower left corner, framed, [circa 1920]
Provenance:
The artist's estate;
Liliane & Etienne Saint-Georges
Exhibited:
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Jean Cocteau, au fil du siècle, September 2003 to January 2004
⁂ Georges Auric was a member of Les Six, a group of avant-garde composers informally associated with Cocteau and Eric Satie. By the time he was 20, he had already composed and orchestrated music for numerous ballets and theatrical performances. Additionally, he enjoyed a prolific and esteemed career as a composer for film.
Description
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Portrait de Georges Auric, tête de profil
Pen and black ink, pencil, stamped with artist's monogram in the lower right corner, 233 x 208 mm (9 1/8 x 8 1/4 in), under glass, expert repair to lower left corner, framed, [circa 1920]
Provenance:
The artist's estate;
Liliane & Etienne Saint-Georges
Exhibited:
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Jean Cocteau, au fil du siècle, September 2003 to January 2004
⁂ Georges Auric was a member of Les Six, a group of avant-garde composers informally associated with Cocteau and Eric Satie. By the time he was 20, he had already composed and orchestrated music for numerous ballets and theatrical performances. Additionally, he enjoyed a prolific and esteemed career as a composer for film.
Portrait de Georges Auric, tête de profil
Pen and black ink, pencil, stamped with artist's monogram in the lower right corner, 233 x 208 mm (9 1/8 x 8 1/4 in), under glass, expert repair to lower left corner, framed, [circa 1920]
Provenance:
The artist's estate;
Liliane & Etienne Saint-Georges
Exhibited:
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Jean Cocteau, au fil du siècle, September 2003 to January 2004
⁂ Georges Auric was a member of Les Six, a group of avant-garde composers informally associated with Cocteau and Eric Satie. By the time he was 20, he had already composed and orchestrated music for numerous ballets and theatrical performances. Additionally, he enjoyed a prolific and esteemed career as a composer for film.
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