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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Lettre autographe adressée à André Gide(?) évocant la mort d'Apollinaire (accompagné d'une carte postale d'abonnements de Jean Cocteau pour le recueil mensuel illustré Les Soirées de Paris dont le directeur était Guillaume Apollinaire) image 1
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Lettre autographe adressée à André Gide(?) évocant la mort d'Apollinaire (accompagné d'une carte postale d'abonnements de Jean Cocteau pour le recueil mensuel illustré Les Soirées de Paris dont le directeur était Guillaume Apollinaire) image 2
Lot 29AR

JEAN COCTEAU
(1889-1963)
Lettre autographe adressée à André Gide(?) évocant la mort d'Apollinaire

Jean Cocteau: l'Orphée moderne
21 October 2021, 17:00 CEST
Paris, Rue de la Paix

€1,000 - €1,500

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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Lettre autographe adressée à André Gide(?) évocant la mort d'Apollinaire
signé
encre sur papier
12.8 x 20cm (5 1/16 x 7 7/8in).
accompagné d'une carte postale d'abonnements de Jean Cocteau pour le recueil mensuel illustré Les Soirées de Paris dont le directeur était Guillaume Apollinaire

Footnotes

Autograph letter signed ("Jean Cocteau") to "André" [Gide?], reporting the death of Apollinaire, signed; together with a postcard subscriber's form for the monthly magazine Les Soirées de Paris, of which Apollinaire was the director


"Le pauvre Apollinaire est mort – Picasso est trop triste pour ecrire...": Cocteau annonçant la mort du poète surréaliste.

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