Jean Cocteau  1916

Modigliani’s portrait of Jean Cocteau seems to have been painted as part of a friendly competition between Modigliani and the Polish-born painter Moïse Kisling. Picasso had taken his friend Cocteau to Kisling’s studio to introduce him to the group of artists and poets who gathered there. While the details are not clear, in the end both Modigliani and Kisling painted a port...