6th May, 2021 12:00
British & Continental Pictures, Prints & Sculpture
158
• JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
• JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) A PORTRAIT OF EDOUARD DERMIT
pen & ink on paper, with Vidalon watermark
20.0 x 15.0 cm / 6 x 8 in
Edouard Dermit was the adopted son of Jean Cocteau, having been engaged as his gardener in 1947. He was a self-taught artist and actor, who starred a number of Cocteau's films and completed his father's chapel decorations at Fréjus. Cocteau tutored him in art and entrusted him with the publication of his writings on his artistic contemporaries, published under the title Passe Defini.
Provenance: From a collection of 57 drawings by Cocteau inherited from the artist's estate and having been in private hands from 1965 - 197;Â Sotheby's 1977 to R Scharf 1977 to John Constable 1980
• JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) A PORTRAIT OF EDOUARD DERMIT
pen & ink on paper, with Vidalon watermark
20.0 x 15.0 cm / 6 x 8 in
Edouard Dermit was the adopted son of Jean Cocteau, having been engaged as his gardener in 1947. He was a self-taught artist and actor, who starred a number of Cocteau's films and completed his father's chapel decorations at Fréjus. Cocteau tutored him in art and entrusted him with the publication of his writings on his artistic contemporaries, published under the title Passe Defini.
Provenance: From a collection of 57 drawings by Cocteau inherited from the artist's estate and having been in private hands from 1965 - 197;Â Sotheby's 1977 to R Scharf 1977 to John Constable 1980
Auction: British & Continental Pictures, Prints & Sculpture, 6th May, 2021
