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Orphée déchiré par les bacchantes
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Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
Orphée déchiré par les bacchantes
inscribed 'Orphée déchiré par les bacchantes' (lower centre)
pen and ink and wash, pastel and crayon on paper
13 x 9 1/2 in. (33 x 24 cm.)
Executed circa 1925-1930
Orphée déchiré par les bacchantes
inscribed 'Orphée déchiré par les bacchantes' (lower centre)
pen and ink and wash, pastel and crayon on paper
13 x 9 1/2 in. (33 x 24 cm.)
Executed circa 1925-1930
Provenance
Galerie des Quatre Chemins, Paris.
Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the above circa 1925-1930.
Private collection, Paris.
Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the above circa 1925-1930.
Private collection, Paris.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie des Quatre Chemins, Jean Cocteau, Poésie plastique, December 1926, no. 12.
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