Jean Cocteau
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Selected Works702

Museum Acquisitions

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
MoMA
MoMA
MoMA
MoMA
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati Art Museum
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Lowe Art Museum
Lowe Art Museum
Lowe Art Museum
Lowe Art Museum
Lowe Art Museum
Lowe Art Museum
Lowe Art Museum
Lowe Art Museum
Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Previous Sales 361

For Sale 48

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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2024.111 · Fabricated black chalk on ivory wove paper
Gift of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.299 · Graphite on off-white laid paper
Gift of the Vaughn Foundation Fund
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.300 · Graphite on off-white laid paper, double-sided
Gift of the Vaughn Foundation Fund
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.302 · Pen and ink on ivory wove paper
Gift of the Vaughn Foundation Fund
Centre Pompidou · Paris, France · Acquired 2018 · Accession AM 2019-218 · Dessin
Dation: Dation en 2018
Centre Pompidou · Paris, France · Acquired 2018 · Accession AM 2019-285 · Dessin
Dation: Dation en 2018
Centre Pompidou · Paris, France · Acquired 2018 · Accession AM 2019-190 · Dessin
Dation: Dation en 2018
Centre Pompidou · Paris, France · Acquired 2018 · Accession AM 2019-193 · Dessin
Dation: Dation en 2018
Centre Pompidou · Paris, France · Acquired 2018 · Accession AM 2019-120 · Dessin
Dation: Dation en 2018
Centre Pompidou · Paris, France · Acquired 2018 · Accession AM 2019-173 · Dessin
Dation: Dation en 2018
Centre Pompidou · Paris, France · Acquired 2018 · Accession AM 2019-97 (V) · Dessin
Dation: Dation en 2018
Centre Pompidou · Paris, France · Acquired 2018 · Accession AM 2019-111 · Dessin
Dation: Dation en 2018
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Publications6

Exhibition Catalog 6

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Picasso: The Studio, The Gaze, The Material

Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, André Villers, Egidio Costantini, Gilles Ehrmann

40 Rue de Seine, 75006 Paris, France

Mar 19, 2026 — May 9, 2026

Jean Cocteau | Only Proof of Love

Jean Cocteau

159 Bermondsey Street

Feb 1, 2024 — Feb 25, 2024

Dessins retrouvés, exposition Jean COCTEAU

Jean COCTEAU

31 Rue de Penthièvre, 75008 Paris, France

Mar 17, 2023 — May 27, 2023

Exposition COCTEAU - 50 Dessins

Jean COCTEAU

31 Rue de Penthièvre, 75008 Paris, France

Nov 29, 2014 — Jan 31, 2015

COCTEAU - 60 dessins

Jean COCTEAU

31 Rue de Penthièvre, 75008 Paris, France

Nov 23, 2013 — Jan 31, 2014

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