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Jean CocteauLe Potomak - Vintage Rare Book Illustrated by Jean Cocteau - 19241924
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Le Potomak (Le Potomak précédé d’un Prospectus 1916) is an original modern rare book illustrated by Jean Cocteau (Maisons-Laffitte, 1889 – Milly-la-Forêt, 1963) in 1924.
Published by Librairie Stock, Paris.
Original Edition.
685 numbered copies.
One of the 5 copies “hors commerce sur pur fil” is numbered and signed by the Editor and by Jean Cocteau.
Format: Small 8°.
The book includes 341 pages with several full page illustrations.
Mint conditions.
Le Potomac represents and experiment of extreme creativity, being a collection of prose, poetry and funny pictures sketching the real world, in Cocteau's typical style.
- Creator:Jean Cocteau (French)
- Creation Year:1924
- Dimensions:Height: 7.49 in (19 cm)Width: 5.12 in (13 cm)Depth: 0.2 in (5 mm)
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- Gallery Location:Roma, IT
- Reference Number:Seller: M-1180661stDibs: LU65037922762
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau was a French painter, poet, designer, printmaker, playwright and filmmaker. He is one of the most important figures of French Surrealism, although he always denied being in any way connected to the movement.
Cocteau was born to a socially prominent Parisian family. His father, George Cocteau, was an amateur painter who committed suicide when Jean was only a child. Jean became famous in Bohemian circles as "The Frivolous Prince." In 1912, he collaborated with the Ballets Russes. After World War I, Cocteau met the poet Guillaume Apollinaire and the artist Pablo Picasso. In 1917, thanks to Sergei Diaghilev, a Russian impresario, Cocteau wrote a scenario for the ballet Parade — the set of this important ballet was realized by Pablo Picasso and the music was composed by Erik Satie. In the late 1920s, Cocteau wrote the libretto for Igor Stravinsky’s opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex. In 1918, he met the French poet Raymond Radiguet. They worked and went on many journeys together, and Cocteau promoted his friend's works in his artistic group.
Cocteau is well-known for his novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929) and the films The Blood of a Poet, Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus. During World War II, he created sets for the Théâtre de la Mode. In 1955, he was elected to the Académie Française and the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. He was commander of the Legion of Honour, a member of the Academié Mallarmé, the Academy of Arts (Berlin) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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