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Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) Autograph letter signed, addressed from "Le Calme" in Villefranche sur Mer, August 1924, to Marcel Raval. One page in-4. On the back, small drawing illustrating three entwined hearts, annotated "L'étrange partie à 3". Singular and strange bitter letter, written some time after Radiguet's death, when the author was suffering from his addiction: "I divide myself between the sun, which makes it black outside, and the pipes (of opium), which take away the black inside".

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Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) Autograph letter signed, addressed from "Le Calme" in Villefranche sur Mer, August 1924, to Marcel Raval. One page in-4. On the back, small drawing illustrating three entwined hearts, annotated "L'étrange partie à 3". Singular and strange bitter letter, written some time after Radiguet's death, when the author was suffering from his addiction: "I divide myself between the sun, which makes it black outside, and the pipes (of opium), which take away the black inside".

Estimate 150 - 200 EUR

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