Lot no. 33
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
The Mediterranean, 1952
Wool tapestry
Signed, dated and titled lower left in the weft
Published by Marie Cuttoli and Galerie Lucie Weill-Seligmann, Paris
Model created in 1952
Unique piece
100 x 225.5 cm
Wool tapestry
Signed, dated and titled lower left in the thread
Published by Marie Cuttoli and Galerie Lucie Weill-Seligmann, Paris
Model created in 1952
Unique piece
39 3/8 x 88 3/4 in.
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibition
"Jean Cocteau", Isetan Museum of Art, Japan, 1993
"Jean Cocteau et la Méditerranée", Musée Cantini and Palais des Arts, Marseille, 2009/2010
"Cocteau Design", Musée Jean Cocteau, Le Bastion -Menton, 2019/2020
The project for this tapestry on canvas sold for €105,000 excluding costs in 2014 at Artcurial.
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Pictures credits: Contact organization
Modern and contemporary paintings
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