Jean COCTEAU (1889 - 1963) Le Grand écart, 1926 Brown ink and graphite. Signed "Jean" lower right. 34 x 24 cm Provenance : Louis Moyses Collection. We would like to thank Dominique Bert for confirming the authenticity of this work. A certificate of inclusion in the Archives Guédras will be given to the buyer. Louis Moyses, a friend of Jean Cocteau, had asked permission to call the cabaret he wished to open at 7 rue Fromentin in Paris, Le Grand Écart, (from the title of the artist's initiation novel published in 1923). Our drawing is a study for the establishment's brochure.