Jean Cocteau
Hermès (Mercure)
Found at
Christies,
London
Ancient to Modern Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Part I, Lot 57
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2023
Ancient to Modern Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Part I, Lot 57
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2023
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 9.450 GBP
Price realised: 9.450 GBP
Description
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Hermès (Mercure)
signed 'Jean Cocteau' (lower right); marked and numbered 'Edition originale de Jean Cocteau Atelier Madeline-Jolly 30⁄30' (underneath)
terracotta plate with black ceramic crayon and coloured enamels
Diameter: 12 3⁄8 in. (31.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1958 and executed in a numbered edition of 30
Hermès (Mercure)
signed 'Jean Cocteau' (lower right); marked and numbered 'Edition originale de Jean Cocteau Atelier Madeline-Jolly 30⁄30' (underneath)
terracotta plate with black ceramic crayon and coloured enamels
Diameter: 12 3⁄8 in. (31.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1958 and executed in a numbered edition of 30
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Hermès (Mercure) by Jean Cocteau was worth GBP 9,450.00 (€ 10,886.04) to a buyer in December this year. This price was achieved in the auction Ancient to Modern Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Part I at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jean Cocteau achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Mediterranee - 1952 in December 2014 with an auction result of EUR 132,000.00.
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Hermès (Mercure) von Jean Cocteau war einem Käufer im Dezember diesen Jahres GBP 9.450,00 (€ 10.886,04) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Ancient to Modern Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Part I bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jean Cocteau erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Mediterranee - 1952 im Dezember 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 132.000,00.
Jean Cocteau - Auction history
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