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Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

1889–1963

PaintingSymbolismSurrealismDadaism

Representation

None documented

8

Institutional Exhibitions

29

Works in Collection

44

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

Movements

• Symbolism
• Surrealism
• Dadaism
• Renaissance

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Artists and Writers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Posters in the Penthouse

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977–1978

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Posters by Painters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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In the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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Movement

Symbolism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (29)

Tender Homage to Mary Reynolds

Tender Homage to Mary Reynolds

1955 · Green crayon on off-white wove paper

27 × 20.9 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sphinx

1955 · Pastel on black wove paper, laid down on board

49.2 × 64.4 cm (19 3/8 × 25 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ville de Nice, Jean Cocteau, Tapisserie-Peintures-Dessins

Ville de Nice, Jean Cocteau, Tapisserie-Peintures-Dessins

1953 · Photolithograph

25 x 39 1/2" (63.5 x 100.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Boy

1950 · Pastel on magenta wove paper, commercially laminated to board

49.3 × 64.5 cm (19 7/16 × 25 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Teatre du Vieux Colombien, Jean Baptiste, Le Mal Aimé

Teatre du Vieux Colombien, Jean Baptiste, Le Mal Aimé

1948 · Lithograph

25 1/2 x 15 5/8" (64.9 x 39.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frog, Mouse, Lizards

Frog, Mouse, Lizards

1936 · Graphite, with colored pencils, on buff laid paper, laid down on board

26.9 × 24 cm (10 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pearl Earring

1935 · Pastel on green wove paper, laid down on board

64.2 × 49 cm (25 5/16 × 19 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Serge Lifar

Portrait of Serge Lifar

1932 · Pen and black ink, with graphite and brush and black wash, on ivory wove paper

27 × 21 cm (10 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Beauty and Beast script Cocteau

Wikimedia Commons

Chantecler Piquey

Wikimedia Commons

Anunci concert

Wikimedia Commons

Jean Cocteau I Married a Witch Maryhill Museum

Wikimedia Commons

Frog, Mouse, Lizards (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Related artists

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Shared movement

Martin Schongauer

Martin Schongauer

Shared movement

Jérémie Marié

Shared movement

Giovanni Bellini

Giovanni Bellini

Shared movement

Marsden Hartley

Marsden Hartley

Shared movement

Shared movement

Adolph Gottlieb

Adolph Gottlieb

Richard Artschwager

Richard Artschwager

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Movements and affiliations

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

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Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£2,000 – £3,000	Unsold