Captivating pen and ink line drawing of Orpheus within an Autograph Letter SIGNED, undated
by COCTEAU, JEAN
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- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Millburn, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
As a filmmaker, Cocteau is most often associated with his three films based on the Greek myth of Orpheus, a poet and musician often shown with his lyre. Cocteau depicts Orpheus with a lyre on his head or as part of his head in our letter to French author and playwright Jacques Audiberti (1899 -1965). Audiberti was associated with the theater of the absurd. Cocteau writes in full: " Dear Audiberti, What joy to have poems, letters, and drawings of yours! Art attaches itself to cork and rises to the surface. I am very fond of you and will stay close to you, Yours, Jean." The letter measures 8.5 x 10.5 inches land floats on a dark gray mat overlaid with a white mat and framed in black satin finished wood, matted and framed in museum quality materials, framed in 5/8/ inch black satin wood. Frame measures 15.75 x 18.4. Condition: Visible margin folds, some wrinkling as paper is attached to a lined sheet which shows at top margin, very slight foxing and sunned margins. Autograph
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- Bookseller
- Schulson Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4651
- Title
- Captivating pen and ink line drawing of Orpheus within an Autograph Letter SIGNED, undated
- Author
- COCTEAU, JEAN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- Manuscript, Original Art, Autograph
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About the Seller
Schulson Autographs
Biblio member since 2010
Millburn, New Jersey
About Schulson Autographs
Fine and rare manuscript material and artworks have been offered by our company for forty years. Written descriptions accompany each piece, and we stand behind our items in perpetuity. Schulson Autographs is the continuation of David Schulson Autographs. Filled with art and history, Scrawl: An A-Z of Famous Doodles (Rizzoli 2019) is our coffee table book based on our family collection of illustrations in letters, written by Claudia, Caren and Todd Strauss-Schulson. Artworks from Scrawl were exhibited at the Grolier Club, Jan. through Feb, 2019, "Art in the Letter and Other Scrawls."
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...