Lot n° 114
Estimation :
3000 - 5000
EUR
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Result
: 18 200EUR
APELLES FENOSA (1899-1988) - FORMER JEAN... - Lot 114 - Nicolas Nouvelet Commissaire-priseur
APELLES FENOSA (1899-1988) - FORMER JEAN MARAIS COLLECTION
Jean Marais, 1939, possibly in OEdipe Roi - Jean Cocteau director and Coco Chanel costume designer, produced in 1937 - numbered print I, very probably a one-off.
Sculpted portrait.
Bronze proof with shaded antique green patina.
Early edition cast.
Signed FENOSA, numbered I and stamped SUSSE Fondr Paris on the back.
H. 51 cm - W. 53 cm - D. 30 cm
Provenance :
- Jean Marais Collection.
- Succession Jean Marais - Fraysse & Associés sale, Hôtel Drouot, April 27, 2009. Our work presented under catalog number 368.
- Private collection, Paris. Work acquired at the previous auction.
Bibliography :
Nicole Fenosa and Bertrand Tillier - Apel-les Fenosa, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté - Éditions Flammarion, Paris, 2002. The model of our sculpture is reproduced on page 137 and the bronze proof is listed under number 164b with the indication Édition interdite.
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