Jul 18, 2017 - Jul 31, 2017
Title: " Portrait d?Hermann Dietz "Double Portrait of Herman Dietz", original ink and pencil on paper, circa 1906/7, signed with the monogram lower right ?JC? (An unusual annotation which the artist used) Annotated on the right above: ?N/vous a pas script not? papa Monsieur Bertrand! ?. On nous (illegible)?. a Bertrand?. On vous lache!?.. Triste!?. Triste!?., annotated upper left., Size info:, sheet: 12 by 7 3/8 in. (30.5 x 18.5 cm.), See website for additional data.
Provenance: Collection Dominique Bert, Le Louvre des Antquaires: Jean Cocteau Exhibition 23/3/2007 - 22/4/2007 - Illustrated in the catalogue number 8, page 15, Exhibitions: Aix-en-Provence, Galerie d?Art di Conseil G‰n‰rale des Bouches-du-Rhone, ?Autour de Cocteau? April-June 2005 (Reproduced in the catalogue)Evian, Palasis Lumiere ?Jean Cocteau: Sur le pas d?un magician? February/May 2010
Comments: This accomplished drawing was made when the artist was only about 16 years of age. Cocteau had been unsuccessful as a student failing his Bacalauriat. He was sent to Val-Andre, a Breton seaside resort, to the home of Hermann Dietz, a teacher at
In generally good condition.
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