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Jean Cocteau

Sphinx and Death

1956

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Sphinx and Death

Jean Cocteau

Sphinx and Death

Jean Cocteau

Sphinx and Death

1956

Physical Qualities Graphite on paper, Sheet: 210 x 270 mm. (8 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Collection of John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost, Baltimore
Object Number 2011.122
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2011; Robert Armacost and John Dorsey, Baltimore

Inscribed: lower right in graphite: "Jean Cocteau / *1956"

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Jean Cocteau

French, 1889-1963

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