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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925 portfolio (portfolio, with the set of 31 self-portraits of Cocteau, lithographs in colours in- and hors texte, signed and numbered 118 in ink on the justification, from the total edition of 142 copies ) image 1
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925 portfolio (portfolio, with the set of 31 self-portraits of Cocteau, lithographs in colours in- and hors texte, signed and numbered 118 in ink on the justification, from the total edition of 142 copies ) image 2
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925 portfolio (portfolio, with the set of 31 self-portraits of Cocteau, lithographs in colours in- and hors texte, signed and numbered 118 in ink on the justification, from the total edition of 142 copies ) image 3
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925 portfolio (portfolio, with the set of 31 self-portraits of Cocteau, lithographs in colours in- and hors texte, signed and numbered 118 in ink on the justification, from the total edition of 142 copies ) image 4
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925 portfolio (portfolio, with the set of 31 self-portraits of Cocteau, lithographs in colours in- and hors texte, signed and numbered 118 in ink on the justification, from the total edition of 142 copies ) image 5
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925 portfolio (portfolio, with the set of 31 self-portraits of Cocteau, lithographs in colours in- and hors texte, signed and numbered 118 in ink on the justification, from the total edition of 142 copies ) image 6
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925 portfolio (portfolio, with the set of 31 self-portraits of Cocteau, lithographs in colours in- and hors texte, signed and numbered 118 in ink on the justification, from the total edition of 142 copies ) image 7
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925 portfolio (portfolio, with the set of 31 self-portraits of Cocteau, lithographs in colours in- and hors texte, signed and numbered 118 in ink on the justification, from the total edition of 142 copies ) image 8
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925 portfolio (portfolio, with the set of 31 self-portraits of Cocteau, lithographs in colours in- and hors texte, signed and numbered 118 in ink on the justification, from the total edition of 142 copies ) image 9
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JEAN COCTEAU
(1889-1963)
Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925
portfolio

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

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JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur. Paris, Edouard Champion, 1925
portfolio de 31 autoportraits de Cocteau, lithographies en noir, rouge et bleu entourés de réflexions poétiques
signé et numeroté 118 en encre sur la justification
tirage total à 142 exemplaires, édition originale réalisée par Daniel Jacomet en fac-similé du manuscrit

31 x 24.8cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/4in).portfolio

portfolio, with the set of 31 self-portraits of Cocteau, lithographs in colours in- and hors texte, signed and numbered 118 in ink on the justification, from the total edition of 142 copies

Footnotes

Pour surmonter son deuil de Raymond Radiguet, mort en décembre 1923, Jean Cocteau s'isole dans un petit hôtel à Villefranche sur Mer, où sa table de travail fait face à un miroir. Cela lui donnera l'inspiration de ces 31 autoportraits.
Sans doute le plus beau et un des livres les plus personnels de Jean Cocteau.

"Je sais mieux que personne le
ridicule auquel on s'expose en
s'asseyant entre un mirroir et
un sténographe"
- JEAN COCTEAU (Le mystère de Jean l'oiseleur, 1925)

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