COCTEAU (Jean).

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COCTEAU (Jean).
"Portrait of Tolstoy in Officer's Dress" (1954). Pencil drawing, signed in the lower right corner, mounted under mat and wooden frame. Frame size: 50 x 43.5 cm; subject: 26 x 20.5 cm (fine chips in the frame). Original drawing used to illustrate the cover of "La Correspondance de Léon Tolstoï 1842-1860", éditions de Paris, 1954. Cocteau was inspired by a photo of Tolstoy in the Caucasus army in 1852, reproduced in this book p.33.
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