Jean Cocteau, Manuscrit, Souvenirs Et Portraits D'artistes, 1972

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Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Souvenirs et portraits d'artistes, … more Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Souvenirs et portraits d'artistes, 1972. Published by Fernand Mourlot, Éditeur, Paris, Alain A.C. Mazo, Éditeur, Paris, Leon Amiel, Éditeur, New-York; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, April 5, 1972. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Printing completed in Paris on April 5, 1972, this folio was printed on vélin d'Arches in DCCC numbered examples. Examples have also been printed for the artists, friends and collaborators of this project. The original lithographs were printed by Mourlot and the typography is by Fequet and Baudier. Alain A.C. Mazo, Paris, and Leon Amiel, New York, publishers.

JEAN COCTEAU (1889–1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost artists of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements and an influential figure in early 20th century art. The National Observer suggested that, "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man." less