Jean COCTEAU (1889 - 1963) Lizard of Fourques Drawing in grey pencil and colored pencil dedicated and located "Le Mugger Fouques" "My dear Armide, my beautiful Marie, I give you for your party this portrait of lizard of Fourques, your Jean" 26 x 23 cm Under glass Stain, wetness and small tear at the bottom. This drawing was probably done at the mas de Fourques in Lunel near Montpellier, a property that Jean Hugo inherited from his grandmother in 1929 and where he welcomed many artist and writer friends.

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