19th Nov, 2024 10:00
Fine Jewellery, Silver, Watches & Vertu | Modern Art & Design, Prints & Multiples
ARR Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
L’impuissance a convaincre
signed and inscribed with the artist's heart design
pen and ink on paper
26cm x 19.5cm
Provenance:Given by the artist to Edith Finch, Countess Russell (1900-1978), wife of Bertrand Russell; with Michael Trevor-Williams, Director of Portmeirion and a friend and neighbour of Lady Russell's; thence by family descent to the current owner.
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
L’impuissance a convaincre
signed and inscribed with the artist's heart design
pen and ink on paper
26cm x 19.5cm
Given by the artist to Edith Finch, Countess Russell (1900-1978), wife of Bertrand Russell; with Michael Trevor-Williams, Director of Portmeirion and a friend and neighbour of Lady Russell's; thence by family descent to the current owner.
Framed and glazed (bearing inscription to the reverse of the frame indicating the provenance elaborated on elsewhere in the catalogue entry). The artwork bears some wear, including foxing throughout, as well as some marking towards the top left of the sheet. There is some undulation below the glazing. The most noticeable area of wear is the horizontal crease running through the middle of the artwork, indicating that the artwork has previously been stored folded.
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Auction: Fine Jewellery, Silver, Watches & Vertu | Modern Art & Design, Prints & Multiples, 19th Nov, 2024
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