Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) À diner hôtel Dervaux, circa 1916 Ink and watercolor on pink paper. Unsigned. Annotated in the composition. 28 x 21 cm A notice from Madame Annie Guédras, dated February 19, 2025, will be given to the buyer. This drawing is an invitation from Jean Cocteau to Valentine Gross, later known as Valentine Hugo, at the Hôtel Dervaux in Boulogne sur Mer, where she stayed during the 14-18 war and where she met Jean Cocteau, then an ambulance driver with the fusiliers marins on the Belgian front. The Hotel Dervaux was bombed in 1918.
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Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963)
À diner hôtel Dervaux, circa 1916
Ink and watercolor on pink paper.
Unsigned.
Annotated in the composition.
28 x 21 cm
A notice from Madame Annie Guédras, dated February 19, 2025, will be given to the buyer.
This drawing is an invitation from Jean Cocteau to Valentine Gross, later known as Valentine Hugo, at the Hôtel Dervaux in Boulogne sur Mer, where she stayed during the 14-18 war and where she met Jean Cocteau, then an ambulance driver with the fusiliers marins on the Belgian front. The Hotel Dervaux was bombed in 1918.
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