Jean Cocteau

Les Mauvaises Nouvelles

Found at Bonhams
Impressionist & Modern Art Online, Lot 18
28. Nov - 9. Dec 2022
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 2.550 USD
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, FLORIDA
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Les Mauvaises Nouvelles
pen and ink and pencil on paper
10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in (27 x 20.9 cm)
Executed in 1927
Jean Bourgoint Collection, Paris, no. 175. | Private collection, New York (acquired circa 1970s). | Thence by descent to the present owner circa 1994.

Auction result misses estimated price range

In December last year a collector was able to acquire the work Les Mauvaises Nouvelles by Jean Cocteau for USD 2,550.00 (€ 2,383.62). This price was achieved in the auction Impressionist & Modern Art Online at Bonhams and was even below the estimate range of USD 3,000.00 – 5,000.00 set by the auction house. 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.

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Im Dezember letzten Jahres konnte ein Sammler die Arbeit Les Mauvaises Nouvelles von Jean Cocteau für USD 2.550,00 (€ 2.383,62) erwerben. Dieser Preis wurde in der Auktion Impressionist & Modern Art Online bei Bonhams erzielt und lag noch unterhalb der von dem Auktionshaus angesetzten Schätzpreisspanne von USD 3.000,00 – 5.000,00. 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.

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