Sale 2526 - Illustration Art, December 10, 2019

203 c JEAN COCTEAU. “(Esprit génésiaque de reformation) Les Mortimer, peu à peu, se recomposent, et...” Illustration for “Les Eugènes de la Guerre,” 1915, published in Le Mot (Paris: Société Générale d’Impression, 1914-15) and Le Potomak , (Paris: Société Littéraire de France, 1919). Pen and ink on paper. 78x89 mm; 3x3 1 / 2 inches. Initialed in lower right margin. Framed to 17x17 inches. Provenance: WilliamA. Emboden. [600/900] 204 c JEAN COCTEAU. “Wer reiteit so spât durch Nacht undWind.” Illustration for “Les Eugènes de la Guerre,” 1915, published in Le Mot (Paris: Société Générale d’Impression, 1914-15) and Le Potomak , (Paris: Société Littéraire de France, 1919). Pen and ink on tracing paper. 203x228 mm; 8x9 inches. Not signed. Diagonal creasing across image. Framed. Provenance: William A. Emboden. [800/1,200] 203 204