JEAN COCTEAU
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JEAN COCTEAU

AN ILLUSTRATED LETTER

Fermé4 October 2017

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JEAN COCTEAU
AN ILLUSTRATED LETTER
An autograph letter, signed and illustrated, from Jean Cocteau to Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer on "Santo-Sospir" St. Jean Cap-Ferrat headed stationery, dated 10 August, 1960, the one page letter written in French, congratulating the Ferrers on the birth of Sean Je pose ma petite étoile sur le front de Sean, and remembering the good times they had in Saint Moritz, signed Jean Cocteau and Francine Weisweiller, the letter illustrated in blue ballpoint pen with a line drawing of a face in side profile; accompanied by a black and white photograph of Audrey Hepburn and Jean Cocteau, circa 1956, with photographer's ink stamp credit verso FOTO-MAX (Max Wagner) ST. MORITZ
letter: 10 ½ x 8 ¼ in.(26.7 x 20 cm.); photo: 4 x 5 ½ in. (10.2 x 13 cm.)
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Note du spécialiste

Audrey and then husband Mel Ferrer likely met writer, artist, and director Jean Cocteau when holidaying in Cap Ferrat in 1956, where Cocteau frequently stayed at the home of his wealthy patron Francine Weisweiller, the Villa Santo-Sospir.