Oct 10, 2019 - Sale 2519

Sale 2519 - Lot 461

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
COCTEAU, JEAN. Le Mystère de Jean l'oiseleur. Facsimile manuscript with color illustrations by Cocteau, including one printed on cardboard. [33], 1 page. 4to, loose as issued in pictorial wrappers; glassine dust jacket. Paris, 1925

Additional Details

number 88 of 130 copies numbered and signed by cocteau. This copy contains an additional note by Cocteau on the colophon for printer Daniel Jacomet (for Edouard Champion): "Jacomet miroir des poètes." The artist created this series of grief-stricken self-portraits in an opium-induced state following the death of Raymond Radiguet.