Jean COCTEAU : White Book (entwined figures with the star monogram), 1930 (signed) (Lithograph with hand-applied colour)

By COCTEAU Jean (1889-1963)

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
White Book (entwined figures with the star monogram), 1930

Lithograph with hand-applied colour (pochoir) on vélin d’Arches.

Signed in the plate lower left with the star monogram and “Jean”; unnumbered, as issued; from copy no. 206, one of 380 on vélin d’Arches numbered 37 to 416, from a total edition of 450.

Dimensions :
+ Size of the sheet : 28 × 22,5 cm / 11 × 8 7/8 in.

Condition : Fresh impression, colours unfaded; full margins, deckle edge at foot; no foxing observed; unframed.

References : Pia 1998, 813. Talvart & Place III, p. 184, 40. Carteret V, p. 51. Monod 2912.

The only plate in the suite where the star monogram is accompanied by the name “Jean” — the album itself was published anonymously.

Price : 400,00 € ( 461.00 USD )