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COCTEAU, Jean (1889-1963)
Autograph letter signed « Ton Jean » to Marianne
Milly, Monday 20th May [1958], 1 page in-4 adorned with an original drawing
« I have to do a job with Karajan at the Opera House »
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COCTEAU, Jean (1889-1963)
Autograph letter signed « Ton Jean » to Marianne
Milly, Monday 20th May [1958], 1 page in-4 ornated with an original drawing
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Beautiful letter from Cocteau, adorned with an original coloured pencil drawing, about his collaboration with Karajan and his exhibition Terre et Cosmos
« Ma chère petit[e] Marianne,
Il est probable que je serai les premiers jours de juin à Vienne ou je vais faire un travail avec Karajan à l’opéra.
Du reste je ne me porte pas à merveille et je souffre de douleurs après un trop long travail penché sur des mètrages de toiles peintes (pour Terre et Cosmos).
Je t’embrasse, ton Jean »
Cocteau would travel a few days later to Vienna, where he would be received by Herbert von Karajan to finalize a three-way collaboration with Igor Stravinsky for the opera Liberi, Vos Liberabo: Oedipus, Act I.
Cocteau had been working for more than a year on the monumental exhibition Earth and Cosmos, which was eventually held in Paris, on the Champ-de-Mars.
Provenance:
Private collection
