Lot 181 | JEAN COCTEAU (FRENCH, 1889-1963)
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JEAN COCTEAU (FRENCH, 1889-1963)
Portrait de Nijinski dans le Spectre de la Rose
signed, indistinctly inscribed and dated 'Waslaw Nijinsky/janvier 1912/-Waslaw...' (lower left edge) by Vaslav Nijinsky
signed, inscribed and dated 'A madame la marquise de Ripon/un dessinateur accidentel/respecteus et charmé/Jean Cocteau/1er Jnvier [sic] 1912/JC' (upper left and lower right edge) by Jean Cocteau
pencil, pen, brush and ink on paper
18½ x 14½in. (46.8 x 36.8cm.)
;Together with two other drawings by an anonymous hand, 'Bakst dansant dans le Spectre de la Rose' and 'Diaghilev dansant dans le Spectre de la Rose'
three in the lot (3)
