Skip to main content

Jean Cocteau Furniture

French

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.

Find Jean Cocteau art today on 1stDibs.

to
3
15
8
20
3
10
4
3
20
3
14
2
10
2
1
1
13
10
4
1
1
23
21
1
23
23
23
242
7,546
3,967
2,548
2,244
Creator: Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau Decorated Vase
By Jean Cocteau, Roche Bobois
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a glazed earthenware vase produced by Roche Bobois in the 2010s. The vase utilizes a design Jean Cocteau produced in the early 1960s. It features 2 taupe profiles with geomet...
Category

2010s French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

Limoges Porcelain Plate by Jean Cocteau
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Washington, DC
Collectible Limoges Porcelain Plate by Jean Cocteau. France, Mid-20th Century. Porcelain, signed and stamped on the back side “Limoges, France”.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Original Vintage Travel Poster, Cocteau, Air France, Paris, Eiffel Tower, c.1963
By Jean Cocteau
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Artist: Jean Cocteau Title: Air France - Paris Date: circa 1963 Size (w x h): 21.3 x 29.5 in / 54 x 75 cm Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph on paper Linen backing: No Condi...
Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Jean Cocteau "Corrida" Framed Lithography
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
'Corrida' lithography by Jean Cocteau, 1953. Jean Cocteau lithography of the series "Corrida". Signed in plate. Framed. In original good condition. Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Co...
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Jean Cocteau Original Edition Ceramic Dish "La Joconde" , 1958
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Cocteau ceramic dish - La Joconde- 1958 Edition originale Atelier Madeline & Jolly with certificat d'origine dated et signed . White earthenware with black / red / blue enamel...
Category

1950s French Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Lithograph by Jean Cocteau, Poissons Face to Face, 1960-70.
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lithograph by Jean Cocteau, poissons face-à-face, 1960-70. Lithograph by Jean Cocteau,1962, 1/79, representing fish face-to-face, unframed. h: 50cm, w: 65cm, d: 0,2cm
Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Jean Cocteau Original Edition Large Ceramic Dish "Indes", 1958
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Cocteau ceramic dish - "Indes" from 1958 Edition original from Atelier Madeline & Jolly. White earthenware with brown engobe diameter 36 cm. Numbered 20 on 20 copies Bibliog: J...
Category

1950s French Art Deco Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Jean Cocteau "Drawings Lithographs Posters" Folio German Publisher 1982
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Miami, FL
Folio of Jean Cocteau serigraphs of "Drawings, Lithographs, Affiches" published by Worpswede in Germany in 1982. Twelve color and black/white seriagraphs created by Jean Cocteau ...
Category

1980s German Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Jean Cocteau and The Testament of Orpheus Hardcover by Lucien Clergue 1st Ed.
By Jean Cocteau
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Jean Cocteau and The Testament of Orpheus by David LeHardy Sweet, Lucien Clergue.A legendary French photographer presents a dramatic visual journal of the creation of Jean Cocteau's ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Expressionist Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Cocteau Jean Limoges Porcelain Plate, Signed
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cocteau Jean (1889-1963) Limoges Porcelain plate, signed and numbered 144/250. the background color is slightly pinkish.
Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Jean Cocteau Plates by Limoges, 1958 - Set of 4
By Jean Cocteau
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
The set of four vintage porcelain plates by Jean Cocteau for the Limoges company in 1958 holds significant artistic and collectible value. Jea...
Category

1950s French Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Jean Cocteau flower wall plate for Fenwick, France 1960s
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Milan, IT
Jean Cocteau flower wall plate for Fenwick, France 1960s In Its original box.
Category

1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Jean Cocteau Original Edition Ceramic Vase "Les Vestales", 1958
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Cocteau ceramic vase - "Les Vestales" from 1958 Edition originale Madeline & Jolly - Signed - and with original certificat Red Terracotta earthenware with yellow / blue / green...
Category

1950s French Art Deco Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Limoges Porcelain Plate by Jean Cocteau, France
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Washington, DC
Collectible Limoges Porcelain Plate by Jean Cocteau. France, Mid-20th Century. Porcelain, signed and stamped on the back side “Limoges, France”.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

VintageJean Cocteau Original Stone Lithograph Poster Custom Framed
By Mourlot, Jean Cocteau
Located in North Miami, FL
This original and authentic Mid-Century Modern French stone lithograph designed by Jean Cocteau from the 1950s is for a ceramic exhibition of his pieces at Galerie Pont de Arts in th...
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Wood, Paper

Cocteau a Biography Hardcover by Francis Steegmuller 1970
By Jean Cocteau
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Cocteau a Biography Hardcover by Francis Steegmuller 1970. Title: Cocteau, A Biography Publisher: Little, Brown, Boston Publication Date: 1970 Binding: Hardcover English 538 pages Ed...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Jean Cocteau Original Edition Ceramic Mug "Le Chevalier", 1959
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Cocteau ceramic mug - "Le chevalier" from 1959 Edition originale Madeline & Jolly . Red earthenware with red / black /green engobe and brown oxyde ...
Category

1950s French Art Deco Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Jean Cocteau, Villefranche sur Mer - Chapelle St. Pierre
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Holmfirth, GB
An iconic and original lithographic poster created by Jean Cocteau to celebrate the Chapelle St. Pierre in the town of Villefranche-sur-Mer, in the south of ...
Category

1950s French Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Lithograph by Jean Cocteau, Nouvelle de l'étranger, Artist Proof, 1960-70.
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lithograph by Jean Cocteau, Nouvelle de l'étranger, artist proof, 1960-70. Lithograph by Jean Cocteau,1960-70, 1/10, nouvelle de l'étranger, artist proof, unframed. h: 50cm, w: 65cm...
Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Lithograph by Jean Cocteau, Nouvelle de l'étranger, Artist Proof, 1960-70.
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lithograph by Jean Cocteau, Nouvelle de l'étranger, artist proof, 1960-70. Lithograph by Jean Cocteau,1960-70, 1/10, nouvelle de l'étranger, artist proof, unframed. h: 50cm, w: 65cm...
Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

"Le Faune Rêveur" Lithography, Jean Cocteau, 1950
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Le Faune Rêveur" Lithography, Jean Cocteau, 1950. Printed signature and numbered 48/150. Estate stamp at the lower right corner in blue ink. Perfect conditi...
Category

1950s French Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Portfolio Picasso from 1916 to 1961, Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso, 1962
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Portfolio "Picasso from 1916 to 1961" - Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso Edition of the Rock 1962 Copy returned to the author H39xL29cm Hand signed Picasso and Jean Coctea...
Category

1960s European Other Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Jean COCTEAU - Profile with Laurel Wreath, 1959
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Holmfirth, GB
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), Profile with Laurel Wreath, 1959. Blue Ink on flyleaf of the book, "The blood of the poet". Signed, dated and dedicated in the centre. Provenance: Offered ...
Category

1950s French Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Related Items
Jean Cocteau Plates by Limoges, 1958 - Set of 4
By Jean Cocteau
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
The set of four vintage porcelain plates by Jean Cocteau for the Limoges company in 1958 holds significant artistic and collectible value. Jea...
Category

1950s French Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Walasse Ting, Night, Lithography, Framed and Signed
By Walasse Ting 1
Located in Leuven , BE
This beautiful lithograph is created by Walasse Ting (1929-2010), an American-Chinese artist known for his brightly colored paintings of cats,...
Category

20th Century European Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Roger Capron - Panel with 5 Ceramic Tiles - FISH 3
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Playful and whimsical, Capron’s art panels are the most sought after, as editions were small, and in some cases not more than a few, or by special commission. Some are rough and mat...
Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Roger Capron - Panel with 5 Ceramic Tiles - FISH 2
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Playful and whimsical, Capron’s art panels are the most sought after, as editions were small, and in some cases not more than a few, or by special commission. Some are rough and mat...
Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Roger Capron - Panel with 5 Ceramic Tiles - BIRD
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Playful and whimsical, Capron’s art panels are the most sought after, as editions were small, and in some cases not more than a few, or by special commission. Some are rough and mat...
Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

1956 Air France, Europe Original Vintage Poster
By Hervé Morvan
Located in Winchester, GB
With fabulous artwork from French painter Herve Morvan, this poster promoting Air France routes to Europe was created in 1956. Air France was created in 1933 after a merger of multip...
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Linen, Paper

Fornasetti "Soli e Lune" Porcelain Plate
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti small porcelain dish or plate depicting a face on the moon with light rays of a sun, no. 4 from series "Soli e Lune" / made in Milano Italy circa 1970 Origin...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Tiffany Studios Favrile Decorated Three Handled Vase
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Favrile decorated glass loving cup with three coiled handles. Circa 1910 Engraved "L.C. Tiffany - Favrile, 3633D Measures: Height:...
Category

1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Art Glass

Meissen Hand Painted Porcelain Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Meissen porcelain plate in relief decor and hand painted in gold.
Category

Mid-20th Century German Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Cocteau Jean Limoges Porcelain Plate, Signed
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cocteau Jean (1889-1963) Limoges Porcelain plate, signed and numbered 144/250. the background color is slightly pinkish.
Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Yellow Floral Egg Trinket Box, France
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Limoges hand painted porcelain yellow floral egg trinket box, France. Midcentury. Marked.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Original Vintage French Railway Travel Poster Paris Montmartre Utrillo SNCF
By Maurice Utrillo
Located in London, GB
Original vintage French railway travel poster for Paris Montmartre issued by SNCF Societe Nationale Des Chemins de Fer Francais featuring artwork by Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) showing a scenic view of people walking on a cobbled street with a restaurant on one side and blanchisserie / laundrette on the other, leading to the historic white domed Basilica du Sacre Cœur de Montmartre...
Category

1950s French Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Previously Available Items
Lithograph by Jean Cocteau, Preparation for a Tapestry, 1960-70.
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lithograph by Jean Cocteau, preparation for a tapestry, 1960-70. Lithograph by Jean Cocteau, 1960-1970, representing a preparatory drawing for a tapestry, unframed. h: 50cm, w: 33cm...
Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Jean Cocteau: Pastel on Paper
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jean Cocteau: Pastel on Paper Dimensions: 25"w x 1"d x 30"h Material: Pastel on Paper Artist: Jean Cocteau Signed
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Jean Cocteau: Pastel on Paper
Jean Cocteau: Pastel on Paper
H 30 in W 25 in D 1 in
Jean Cocteau, Orphée a la Lyre, Wool Tapestry, 1889, Atelier Raymond Picaud
By Jean Cocteau
Located in New York, NY
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements; and one of the most influential figures in early 20th-century art as a whole.[1] 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. Raymond Picaud Atelier, Aubusson signed...
Category

Late 19th Century French Modern Antique Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Wool

14 Artists Plates Collection Limited Edition by Rosenthal, Max Bill, Dali, Pucci
By Jean Cocteau, Max Bill, Rosenthal, Bjorn Wiinblad, (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Andernach, DE
Extraordinary collection of 14 Artists-Plates by Rosenthal, Germany. Ranging from 1971 to the mid 1980s, this series from their artists ''Studio-Line'' features designs from artist r...
Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

PICASSO CERAMICS and works by Jean Cocteau - 1991 Bonhams, London
By Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau
Located in Rochester, NY
PICASSO CERAMICS and works by Jean Cocteau - 1991 Auction Sale Catalog - Bonhams, London. Soft cover catalog. 35 pages w/ 78 color illustrated lots w/ description. Look at all pictur...
Category

1990s English Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Jean Cocteau Decorated Vase
By Jean Cocteau, Roche Bobois
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a decorated vase produced by Roche Bobois in the 2010s. The vase utilizes a design Jean Cocteau produced in the early 1960s. It features 2 geometric profiles with additional ...
Category

2010s French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Clay

Jean Cocteau Decorated Vase
Jean Cocteau Decorated Vase
H 19.5 in Dm 7.75 in
Jean Cocteau Decorated Vase
By Jean Cocteau, Roche Bobois
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a glazed porcelain vase produced by Roche Bobois in the 2010s. The vase utilizes a design Jean Cocteau produced in the early 1960s. its signature design features a profile, f...
Category

2010s French Mid-Century Modern Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Clay

Jean Cocteau Decorated Vase
Jean Cocteau Decorated Vase
H 19.5 in Dm 7.75 in
Mid-Century Modern Lithography 'Europe's Colours' by Jean Cocteau, 1961
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Lithography 'Europe's Colours' by Jean Cocteau, 1961
Category

1960s Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

'Ornaments', Knotted Rya Rug by Jean Cocteau & Mediterranean Inds
By Studio, Jean Cocteau
Located in London, GB
Established in the early 1960s, the British/American company, 'Mediterranean Industries' set up a weaving studio workshop in Malta focussing on creating rya rugs designed by important European artists of the time. This is one of three pieces designed by Jean Cocteau. This design of rya rug was included in an exhibition in 1963 at Malta House, London, titled 'The School of Malta', and had many important contributors, including Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), Finnish textile...
Category

1960s Maltese Primitive Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Wool

'Tetes'/Heads Porcelain Vase Designed by Jean Cocteau '1889-1963' for Rosenthal
By Jean Cocteau, Rosenthal
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is beautiful porcelain vase designed by Jean Cocteau for Rosenthal. The piece is in overall wonderful condition. The use and implication of irregular shapes throughout the piece is a quintessential aspect of Cocteau's work. The freeform vase accentuates the 2 facial motifs and minimal abstract accents. Jean Cocteau / 1952 is on the piece as seen in the pictures. "Jean Cocteau 'Classic Rose / Rosenthal Group // Germany" is sited on the underside of the vessel. This concept was first designed in 1952 by Jean Cocteau and was produced in the early 1970s by the Classic Rose Rosenthal...
Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Original Vintage Poster-Jean Cocteau-Air France-Paris-France, c.1963
By Jean Cocteau
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Jean Cocteau-Air France-Paris-France, c.1963 Promotional poster for Air France produced by Jean Cocteau. We see a Parisian smoking a cigarette. The smoke m...
Category

20th Century Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Jean Cocteau, Poteries, Catalogue Des Ceramiques, 1957-1963, First Edition, 1989
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CA, CA
First edition. Published by Galerie Laurent Teillet, 1989. A Near Fine copy of the catalogue raisonne´ of Jean Cocteau's ceramic works, a very important reference book. Includes 2...
Category

1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jean Cocteau Furniture

Materials

Paper

Jean Cocteau furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Jean Cocteau furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Jean Cocteau furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Jean Cocteau were created in the Art Deco style in france during the 1950s. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Marc Chagall, Françoise Gilot, and Jean Picart Le Doux. Prices for Jean Cocteau furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $659 and can go as high as $19,408, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,012.
Questions About Jean Cocteau Furniture
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024
    Yes, Jean Cocteau was a Surrealist. In fact, he is one of the most important figures of French Surrealism. However, the French painter, poet, designer, printmaker, playwright and filmmaker always denied being in any way connected to the movement. On 1stDibs, find a collection of Jean Cocteau art from some of the world's top dealers and galleries.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Jean Cocteau was a man of many talents and was known for his paintings, poetry, screenplays and novels. He also was a director and sometimes an actor. Considered some of his most important works are the poem L'Ange Heurtebise, the novel Les Enfants Terribles, the play Orphée, and the movie La Belle et la Bête. Find an assortment of Cocteau art from the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 15, 2024
    What movement Jean Cocteau was a part of is open to debate. The French artist and writer is today thought of as one of the most important figures of French Surrealism. However, he always denied being in any way connected to the movement. As a result, some people simply classify his work as modernism. On 1stDibs, explore an assortment of Jean Cocteau art.

Recently Viewed

View All