Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

“THE LOVERS” 289 c   COCTEAU, JEAN.Graphite drawing, Signed and with holograph title,“Les Amants / (Mourlot) / Jean Cocteau / [asterisk],” in pencil, showing two sailors in an embrace. Inscribed at lower right. 10 1 / 2 x8 1 / 4 inches. Np, nd [600/900] The distinctive hats of the bare-chested sailors suggest that one sailor is French and the other American.