[Art - Médias] - Jean COCTEAU AND RADIO-CITE, 1939 Handwritten dedication by Jean Cocteau "Souvenir bien amical à l'équipe de Radio City", illustrated with a blue pencil drawing, dated and signed with his star. Height: 21 cm. Width: 15 cm. Sight. Framed. In addition to his better-known artistic activities, Cocteau also wrote and produced for radio. He began in 1937-1939 with columns for Radio-Cité, Paris P.T.T. and Radio Luxembourg. Then, in the 1940s, they began to multiply the number of short radio interviews around his film releases and play creations or revivals, culminating in extended weekly interviews in the 1950s.

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