Lucien Clergue

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 USD

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Description

Lucien Clergue
Jean Cocteau 1989 [Portfolio of 15 Works]
signed, dated Arles 8-VII-90, numbered 6/100 and dedicated For Bob; Thanks a million on the insert; each print is signed; inscribed © 1959 by L. Clergue - printed 1989 by V. Clay and L. Clergue on the reverse (except no. v.)
gelatin silver prints with 3 printed inserts in a clamshell box
Box: 17 by 12 3/4 by 2 5/8 in. 43.2 by 32.4 by 6.7 cm.
Each print: 9 3/8 by 12 in. 23.8 by 30.5 cm.
Executed in 1989, this work is number 6 from an edition of 100, created in honor of the centennial of the birth of Jean Cocteau.

Provenance

Robert Rauschenberg, New York
Bequest to the present owner from the above

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The piece consists of 15 matted, unframed photographs in a clamshell box with 3 printed inserts. Each photograph is window mounted and held to the backing by photo corners. There is some light surface scratches and some evidence of light handling to a some of the sheets, particularly at the corners. The clamshell box is in very good condition. There is evidence of light wear and minor surface soiling.
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Catalogue Note

i. Jean Cocteau, carrière des Baux.
ii. Jean Cocteau, crevant la bulle, studios de la Victorine, Nice
iii. Jean Cocteau, en personage Louis XV, studios de la Victorine, Nice
iv. Jean Cocteau, en tenue d’Oxford et Cégeste au masque de mort, studios de la Victorine, Nice
v. Jean Cocteau, dessinant son propre portrait, studios de la Victorine, Nice
vi. Jean Cocteau, aureole des ailes du sphinx, carrière de Sarragan, Les Baux.
vii. Jean Cocteau, présentant la fleur d’hibiscus à Minerve, carrière des Baux.
viii. Jean Cocteau, dans le rôle d’Œdipe aux yeux crevés, carrière de Sarragan, Les
Baux.
ix. Jean Cocteau, transpercé par la flèche de Minerve, carrière des Baux.
x. Jean Cocteau, montrant une scène aux Gitans, carrière des Baux.
xi. Jean Cocteau, fumant une cigarette avant la scène de la résurrection, carrière des Baux.
xii.Jean Cocteau, ressuscitant au milieu des Gitans, carrière des Baux.
xiii.Jean Cocteau et Edouard Dermit dans le rôle de Cégeste, carrière des Baux.
xiv. Jean Cocteau, aux côtés de Pablo Picasso et Luis Miguel Dominguin, arènes d’Arles, septembre 1959.
xv. Jean Cocteau, dans la chapelle de Saint-Blaise-les-Simples, décorée par ses soins, Milly-La-Forêt, le 14 novembre 1989.