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Jean Cocteau — 8 plates, from ‎La Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Villefranche-sur-Mer‎
Jean Cocteau

8 plates, from ‎La Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Villefranche-sur-Mer‎

Jean Cocteau's eight colored lithographs from 1958 document the interior of the Chapel of Saint Pierre in Villefranche sur Mer, a modest seaside sanctuary that the artist decorated with murals and religious imagery. Published by the renowned Parisian printer Fernand Mourlot in an edition of 155, these prints showcase Cocteau's characteristic linear style and spiritual sensibility applied to architectural and devotional subject matter. The series, presented here in full margins and various sizes up to 495 by 635 millimeters, represents an important collaboration between artist and master printer that helped establish the chapel as a significant example of mid twentieth century French artistic patronage.

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Eight lithographs printed in colours, 1958, from the edition of 155, published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, on wove paper, each with full margins, various sizes, largest sheet 495 x 635mm (19 1/2 x 25 1/4in) (8) (framed), Condition, Related Lots, BACK TO AUCTION CATALOGUE, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) after. Untitled, from Verve 29-30 Suite de 180 Dessins, Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000, Joan Miró (1893-1983)  Plate V, from Série II (Dupin 87), Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000, Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Gladiolus

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Prints & Works on Paper 1500-2026

March 31, 2026

Lot 201

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Jean Cocteau, 8 plates, from ‎La Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Villefranche-sur-Mer‎

Jean Cocteau's eight colored lithographs from 1958 document the interior of the Chapel of Saint Pierre in Villefranche sur Mer, a modest seaside sanctuary that the artist decorated with murals and religious imagery. Published by the renowned Parisian printer Fernand Mourlot in an edition of 155, these prints showcase Cocteau's characteristic linear style and spiritual sensibility applied to architectural and devotional subject matter. The series, presented here in full margins and various sizes up to 495 by 635 millimeters, represents an important collaboration between artist and master printer that helped establish the chapel as a significant example of mid twentieth century French artistic patronage.

Medium
Eight lithographs printed in colours, 1958, from the edition of 155, published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, on wove paper, each with full margins, various sizes, largest sheet 495 x 635mm (19 1/2 x 25 1/4in) (8) (framed), Condition, Related Lots, BACK TO AUCTION CATALOGUE, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) after. Untitled, from Verve 29-30 Suite de 180 Dessins, Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000, Joan Miró (1893-1983)  Plate V, from Série II (Dupin 87), Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000, Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Gladiolus
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Related themes

French, 20th Century, Religious Architecture, Expressionism, Etching, Spiritual, Decorative Arts, Portfolio plates, Modernism

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