Jean Cocteau
Visage ovale
Found at
Christies,
London
Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works on Paper Sale, Lot 439
3. Mar - 3. Mar 2023
Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works on Paper Sale, Lot 439
3. Mar - 3. Mar 2023
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.080 GBP
Price realised: 10.080 GBP
Description
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Visage ovale
signed, dated and inscribed 'Villefranche/Jean Cocteau 58' (along the lower edge), marked and numbered 'Edition originale/de Jean Cocteau/Atelier Madeline-Jolly/8/15' (underneath)
terracotta plate with coloured ceramic crayons
length: 15 in. (38 cm.)
Conceived in 1958 and executed in a numbered edition of 15
Visage ovale
signed, dated and inscribed 'Villefranche/Jean Cocteau 58' (along the lower edge), marked and numbered 'Edition originale/de Jean Cocteau/Atelier Madeline-Jolly/8/15' (underneath)
terracotta plate with coloured ceramic crayons
length: 15 in. (38 cm.)
Conceived in 1958 and executed in a numbered edition of 15
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Visage ovale by Jean Cocteau was worth GBP 10,080.00 (€ 11,467.95) to a buyer in March this year. This price was achieved in the auction Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works on Paper Sale 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 Visage ovale von Jean Cocteau war einem Käufer im März diesen Jahres GBP 10.080,00 (€ 11.467,95) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works on Paper Sale 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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