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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)
154 • PRINCIPAUTÉ DE MONACO. 1959.
39x24
1
/
2
inches, 99x62
1
/
4
cm. Mourlot, Paris.
Condition B+: horizontal creases through image; repaired tears and restoration at edges, some affecting
image.
For half a century, the brilliant and charming Jean Cocteau was one of the pillars of the Parisian artis-
tic scene. He was an artist, painter, writer and movie director. Wizard of the
Boeuf sur le Toit
and
friend of the cubists and surrealists, he was everywhere that something artistically new and important
was taking place. Humor is rarely found in his work, yet he clearly had fun with this image. Azur p.
188, not in Riviera.
[1,200/1,800]