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Portrait of Jean Cocteau

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Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920) · 1884–1920

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Date: 1916
Medium: paper, pencil
Institution: Rijksmuseum

The now highly admired Modigliani died at the age of 35 in Paris from a combination of tuberculosis, alcohol, narcotics and poverty. From 1909 to 1914 he devoted himself mainly to sculpture. A sculptural orientation is also reflected in his drawings with their sparing linework. This portrait of the self-proclaimed cultural pontiff Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) is a preliminary study for a large painting. The sitter is viewed with some irony.

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