Jean Cocteau
French · 1889–1963 · Painter, Printmaker
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Ulysses et Hylas (from Série de l'Odyssée)Bonhams · $27,813≈ £20,081≈ €23,482Sign up to see
Chèvre-pied (Goat's Foot)Phillips · £19,350≈ $25,962≈ €22,391Sign up to see
Deux Hommes s’AllongeantRago Auctions · $25,000≈ £18,134≈ €21,038Sign up to see
Jean Cocteau’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
5 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
6 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works on paper | 104 | 95 | 91% | $4.9kSign up | $3.2kSign up | $25kSign up |
| Watercolor | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Gouache | 1 | 1 | 100% | $5.4kSign up | $5.4kSign up | $5.4kSign up |
| Pastel | 5 | 4 | 80% | $6.3kSign up | $4.3kSign up | $12.7kSign up |
| Drawing | 92 | 85 | 92% | $5kSign up | $3.2kSign up | $25kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 62 | 59 | 95% | $849Sign up | $425Sign up | $6.9kSign up |
| Engraving | 1 | 1 | 100% | $6.9kSign up | $6.9kSign up | $6.9kSign up |
| Lithograph | 49 | 47 | 96% | $690Sign up | $429Sign up | $3.3kSign up |
| Screenprint | 3 | 2 | 67% | $474Sign up | $474Sign up | $612Sign up |
| Print (other) | 8 | 8 | 100% | $378Sign up | $349Sign up | $748Sign up |
| Multiple | 1 | 1 | 100% | $6.8kSign up | $6.8kSign up | $6.8kSign up |
| Sculpture | 33 | 33 | 100% | $6.4kSign up | $4.7kSign up | $26kSign up |
| Other | 53 | 33 | 62% | $4.1kSign up | $2.3kSign up | $27.8kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2025 | 21 | 19 | $3.8kSign up |
| 2024 | 34 | 31 | $4.5kSign up |
| 2023 | 16 | 12 | $2.1kSign up |
| 2022 | 23 | 20 | $2.5kSign up |
| 2021 | 36 | 34 | $3.2kSign up |
| 2020 | 20 | 16 | $2.5kSign up |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 | $2.5kSign up |
| 2018 | 8 | 7 | $650Sign up |
| 2017 | 8 | 7 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | $589Sign up |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | $400Sign up |
| 2012 | 10 | 4 | $412Sign up |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | $2.2kSign up |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | $4.3kSign up |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | $7.1kSign up |
| 2008 | 6 | 4 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | $2kSign up |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | $746Sign up |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | $485Sign up |