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Jean Cocteau

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Jean Cocteau

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Auction Date:2012 Feb 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS in French, signed “A big kiss, Jean Cocteau,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, December 31, 1953. Letter to John Schmitz regarding a film. In part (translated): “You will do wonders in Mexico on the theme of races and turrets. I became very ill in Madrid and I can’t seem to find my equilibrium. My only joy is to ensure that others put their strength and their youth in the service of an art rendered vile by the golden calf.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, and some scattered creasing and wrinkling. Schmitz worked as a cinematographer and camera operator on many films including Little Women and Ben-Hur.