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Artworks
JEAN COCTEAU
Les yeux du rêve (The eyes of the dream)18ct gold articulated necklace with a dozen stylized eyes filled with alternate sapphires and diamonds.Length 43 cm;Stamped signature, Jean Cocteau, and stamped twice with PH (Pierre Hugo) hallmark, 5/50, 1803 (model number) and 2714 (day book number).Copyright The ArtistDesigned by Cocteau in the early 1960s and produced by the goldsmith Pierre Hugo, in Aix en Provence, in an unfinished edition of 50, of which this is the no....Designed by Cocteau in the early 1960s and produced by the goldsmith Pierre Hugo, in Aix en Provence, in an unfinished edition of 50, of which this is the no. 5.Provenance
Private Collection, LondonLiterature
Claire Siaud and Pierre Hugo (2001), Bijoux d’Artistes. Hommage à François Hugo, Orfèvre (Les Cyprès Editeur, Aix-en-Provence), p. 83 (another example)
