Modern Tapestry by Jean Cocteau: “Young man with a lyre”

Tapestry, 30.9 x 25 in.

Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau (French 1889-1963)

Jeune homme à la lyre

c.1960, signed in the weave, ‘Jean Cocteau’ & ‘Picaud’, with Raymond Picaud label to reverse,

Depicting the head of Orpheus with Lyre, in mustard yellow and green on a cream field,

78.5cm high x 64cm wide (ARR)

Material: wool
Date: 1960
Type: Tapestry
Manufacture: Picaud, Aubusson
Provenance: France
Condition: parfait