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36 - COCTEAU, Jean (1889–1963).
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COCTEAU, Jean (1889–1963). Autograph letter signed “Jean” with a DRAWING signed “Jean Cocteau,” Saint-Jean Cap Ferrat, November 16, 1957, to Marlene DIETRICH; 1 oblong in-4 (20.5 x 27 cm), mounted on card with a marie-louise mat. A beautiful letter illustrated with a large drawing for Marlene Dietrich. Description: “Marlène, my guardian angel. I am sad to be so close and yet so far from you. These bouts of loneliness overtake me on the scaffolding of my chapel, as if separated from the drama of the world in the saucer of the Venusian. Be kind. Write me a few lines from your heart on a postcard. Jean” [In 1957, Marlene Dietrich was filming Samuel A. Taylor’s *The Monte Carlo Story* in Monaco, while Cocteau was decorating the Saint-Pierre Chapel in Villefranche-sur-Mer, about fifteen kilometers away. Cocteau and Dietrich were longtime friends.] The black-pencil drawing is a sketch for the fresco *The Menton Couple*, commissioned for the wedding hall at Menton City Hall.
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