Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) - Femme Avec Serpente, 1959

Femme Avec Serpente, 1959

lithograph printed in green on black wove paper, signed and dated 1959 in the plate lower right
Signed in white crayon and numbered 9/150 in pencilImage/Sheet sight 14.25 ins x 9.75 ins; 36.2 cms x 24.8 cms; 18.5 ins x 12.4 ins; 47 cms x 31.5 cms
printed in 1959
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Prints & Photography" held on Thu, Apr 22, 2021.
Lot 51
Estimate: CAD $1,000 - $1,500
Realised: CAD $2,700

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Interframe (PTY) Ltd. Fine Art and Custom Framers, Jeppe, Johannesburg label verso backing;

From the personal collection of the late Joanne Bergen, who began her 40 year career as an Art Dealer in the mid 1970s in Paris, where she worked for the publishers of the early signed and numbered etchings and lithographs;

By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.
Femme Avec Serpente, 1959 by artist Jean Cocteau