Lot 127 · 20th century Decorative Arts, various owners
tête de Jean Cocteau
Jean Marais · bronze à patine brune légèrement dorée
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- Estimate
- €4,000–€6,000 hammer ≈ $5,136–$7,705
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 20th century Decorative Arts, various owners, Paris · 20 November 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3532260
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Jean Marais, tête de Jean Cocteau. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2006, lot 127. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3532260.
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Jean Marais, tête de Jean Cocteau. Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2006, lot 127. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3532260.
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From the same sale 20th century Decorative Arts, various owners · Nov 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athéna | Marcel Bouraine | €12,000–€15,000 | |
| pichet en bronze doré ciselé | — | €1,500–€2,000 | |
| Andromède | — | €80,000–€100,000 | |
| L'enlèvement d'Europe | André Mare 1885-1932 | €15,000–€20,000 | |
| Penthesilia reine des Amazones | Marcel Bouraine | €4,000–€6,000 | |
| Table-bureau | Pierre Chareau | €40,000–€60,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Marais | Hommage à Cocteau | $11,870 | Bonhams, Oct 2021 | |
| René Lalique | Original Cast Metal Architectural Element | Lion & Unicorn, Nov 2023 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Figure (B. 593; M. 162) | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Pichet Espagnol (A. R. 245) | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Face No. 30 | Wright, Jun 2022 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Sculpteur et son Modèle avec la Tête sculptée du Modèle (B. | Sotheby's, Sep 2022 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Chouette | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Pablo Picasso: Sculpteur et son modèle avec la têtesculptée | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2024 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.