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111 - Jean Cocteau. Signed letter dated January 14, 1957, to his friend Jean Jeepy. In it, Jean Cocteau reflects on the nature of poetry and song (“Poetry is an organism / Song is a rhythm”), while lamenting the distortions perpetrated by the press and journalists (“misunderstood and misreported”). Jean Jeepy (whose real name was Jean Boussaroque) (1922–2018) was a French pop singer and musician active in the 1950s and 1960s. The envelope is included.
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Jean Cocteau. Signed letter dated January 14, 1957, to his friend Jean Jeepy. In it, Jean Cocteau reflects on the nature of poetry and song (“Poetry is an organism / Song is a rhythm”), while lamenting the distortions perpetrated by the press and journalists (“misunderstood and misreported”). Jean Jeepy (whose real name was Jean Boussaroque) (1922–2018) was a French pop singer and musician active in the 1950s and 1960s. The envelope is included.
Auction details
COLLECTION OF A THEATER AND FILM SET DESIGNER. A collection of photographs, including an erotic album from the Le Chabanais brothel circa 1890 and an album from the Théâtre de la Mode in 1946. A collection of Japanese prints and postcards. Books, old papers, and banknotes. Numerous gouache paintings of costumes (by Edel, Choubrac, Zinoview, Minon, Tom Keogh, Betout, Fost, and Jenny Carré...) and two gouaches by MAYO from Marcel Carné’s legendary film *Les Enfants du Paradis*, along with movie posters...Auction house
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