Cocteau, Jean

Jean Cocteau, French writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker, 1889-1963

Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929), and the films Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents Terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946) and Orpheus (1949). His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Yul Brynner, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, Albert Gleizes, Igor Stravinsky, Marie Laurencin, María Félix, Édith Piaf, Panama Al Brown, Colette, Jean Genet, and Raymond Radiguet.

  • Cocteau, Jean, French artist (1889-1963). Autograph letter signed.No place, 14 Oct 1954.

     1,500.00
  • Cocteau, Jean, French writer and artist (1889-1963). Autograph letter signed ("Jean").36 rue de Montpensier, Palais-Royal Paris, 9 Dec 1959.

     3,500.00
  • Cocteau, Jean, French artist (1889-1963). 2 autograph letters signed."10 rue d'Anjou" Paris and n. p., ca. 1926-1927.

     6,500.00
  • Cocteau, Jean. Dessins.Paris, 1924.

     1,500.00
  • Cocteau, Jean, French artist (1889-1963). "Science et Poésie". Autograph manuscript signed.N. p., after 1956.

     4,500.00
  • Cocteau, Jean, French artist (1889-1963). "La Pénultième est morte". Poème autographe.S. l.

     4,500.00
  • Cocteau, Jean, French artist (1889-1963). "La mort". Autograph poem.No place or date.

     4,500.00
  • Cocteau, Jean, French artist (1889-1963). "La poësie". Autograph manuscript.No place or date.

     4,500.00
  • Cocteau, Jean, French artist (1889-1963). "Causerie". Autograph manuscript.Vevey, 1938.

     12,500.00
  • Cocteau, Jean, French artist (1889-1963). Autograph letter signed.No place, 3 Aug 1955.

     980.00
  • Cocteau, Jean, French artist (1889-1963). Autograph letter signed.Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, 17 Apr 1958.

     1,500.00
  • Cocteau, Jean, French artist (1889-1963). Autograph letter signed ("Jean").No place, between 9 and 15 March 1925.

     4,500.00