Jean Cocteau Brooch 'Visage en V' (Ref: 308)
Front Reverse





JEAN COCTEAU 1889-1963

‘Visage en V’
Surrealist Portrait Brooch
23ct gold
Marks: Stamped Jean Cocteau & numbered 2/50
Length: 7cm (2.75 in)  Width: 5cm (2 in)
Designed by the artist, in 1962, for Francois Hugo
Executed by Atelier Monique et Pierre Hugo
Aix en Provence
Fitted case
Literature: Catalogue: Jean Cocteau, Bijoux,
Atelier Monique et Pierre Hugo, Aix en Provence, 'Visage en V': Ref. 1490, illustrated
Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition
Elyse Zorn Karlin, 1993, illustrated p. 250

Modern Jewelry, Graham Hughes, 1964, p. 225