Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

Local nameSaint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
CountryFrance
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
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Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (Alpes-Maritimes)
  1. "J'habite entre terre et ciel sur les échafaudages de la chapelle de Villefranche et j'ignore quand elle me laissera libre d'en descendre..."
    Jean COCTEAU

    "J'habite entre terre et ciel sur les échafaudages de la chapelle de Villefranche et j'ignore quand elle me laissera libre d'en descendre..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, evoking his artistic occupations of the moment

    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 31 Décembre 1956|21 x 27 cm|une page + une enveloppe
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Jean Cocteau, 12 lines in blue ink, to his friend Georges Bachelard.
    Fold marks inherent to mailing, envelope included.
    Jean Cocteau is fully absorbed in decorating the Saint-Pierre chapel of Villefranche sur mer which he adorns out of friendship for the village fishermen to whom it belongs. He nevertheless wishes to make himself available for his friend "Viendrez-vous sur notre côte ? Mon adresse est villa Santo Sospir St Jean Cap Ferrat." ("Will you come to our coast? My address is villa Santo Sospir St Jean Cap Ferrat.")



    €750
  2. "J'accepte d'être en secret mis à ma place et, publiquement, remis à ma place."
    Jean COCTEAU

    "J'accepte d'être en secret mis à ma place et, publiquement, remis à ma place."Signed autograph letter, exceptional prefiguration of his epitaph

    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 29 Août 1953|21 x 27 cm|une page
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Jean Cocteau, 26 lines in blue ink, to Olivier Quéant, editor of the magazine Plaisir de France, sent from villa Santo-Sospir.
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    Quéant, journalist and notably editor of the magazine Plaisir de France, maintained a fine friendly and literary correspondence with the writer. He notably delivered a glowing review of Antigone at its premiere in 1944: "depuis Racine, l'on avait rien écrit d'aussi beau, d'aussi grand et d'aussi profondément humain" (since Racine, nothing so beautiful, so great and so profoundly human had been written) (L'Illustration).
    Jean Cocteau, at the...
    €800
  3. "je crois que nous en obtiendrons un très bel objet..."
    Jean COCTEAU

    "je crois que nous en obtiendrons un très bel objet..."Autograph letter dated and signed concerning a painting he has almost finished

    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 8 Novembre 1952|21 x 27 cm|une page
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Jean Cocteau, 15 lines in blue ink, addressed to a friend from Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat about a painting he is about to complete.
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    Jean Cocteau questions his correspondent about the shipping arrangements for his work which he plans to finish the day after writing this letter: "Should I bring it back to Paris or send it elsewhere if that suits you? The best would be to remove the canvas from its frame and roll it. Please be so kind as to reply quickly so that I can prepare the packaging." ; he briefly describes the work: "... will be 92 cm in height and 1 m 26 wide. It...
    €500
  4. "je vous remercie pour votre lettre qui me prouve que je n'ai pas eu tort de sortir des rails..."
    Jean COCTEAU

    "je vous remercie pour votre lettre qui me prouve que je n'ai pas eu tort de sortir des rails..."Autograph letter dated and signed thanking his admirer

    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 6 Janvier 1960|21 x 27 cm|une page + une enveloppe
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Jean Cocteau, 9 lines in black ink, to his friend Georges Bachelard from his villa at Santo Sospir in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
    Fold marks inherent to postal dispatch, envelope included and extensively written by Jean Cocteau.
    Jean Cocteau extends all his wishes for success to his friend and thanks him for his last letter which comforted him in the path he is pursuing.



    €450
  5. "Il pleuvait sur les calèches et les gitanes - mais dans le vieux Séville, pareil à Pompéi, les orangers embaument."
    Jean COCTEAU

    "Il pleuvait sur les calèches et les gitanes - mais dans le vieux Séville, pareil à Pompéi, les orangers embaument."Autograph letter addressed to a friend named Jean-Pierre describing the atmosphere in Sevillian and the health problems of his patron and great friend Francine Weisweiller

    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 10 Mai 1954|13.50 x 21 cm|une page
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Jean Cocteau, 17 lines in black ink, to a friend describing his Sevillian sojourn.
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    Jean Cocteau explains his silence: his patron and very close friend Francine Weisweiller had been ill: "Excuse ce long silence. mais on parle souvent de toi. Francine a été très, très malade à Kitzbühel en Autriche et longue à reprendre des forces." (Excuse this long silence, but we often speak of you. Francine was very, very ill in Kitzbühel in Austria and slow to regain her strength.)
    But to cut short his bad news, he prefers to recount the enchantment of Seville...
    €400
  6. Lettre autographe adressée à l'écrivain et journaliste Olivier Quéant s'émerveillant de la beauté des charmes de la Côte d'Azur et s'inquiétant de la perte du savoir-faire artisanal
    Jean COCTEAU

    Lettre autographe adressée à l'écrivain et journaliste Olivier Quéant s'émerveillant de la beauté des charmes de la Côte d'Azur et s'inquiétant de la perte du savoir-faire artisanal

    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 4 N ovembre 1958|13.50 x 21 cm|trois pages et demi sur deux feuillets
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Cocteau, 52 lines in blue ink, to Olivier Quéant sent from the Villa Santo-Sospir in Saint Jean Cap-Ferrat which he decorated.
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    Jean Cocteau waxes bucolically enthusiastic about the place where he resides and works: "... chaque jour je travaille à flanc de colline dans une sorte de ferme exquise où ne fleurisse que les grains qui tombent d'ailleurs..." ("... each day I work on the hillside in a sort of exquisite farm where only the seeds that fall from elsewhere flourish...") and rhapsodizes about the local craftsmanship: "... des artisans véritables.. travailler chez eux...
    €600
  8. Lettre autographe signée à Roger Nimier à propos d'un dessin qu'il lui a envoyé pour illustrer l'un de ses ouvrages
    Jean COCTEAU

    Lettre autographe signée à Roger Nimier à propos d'un dessin qu'il lui a envoyé pour illustrer l'un de ses ouvrages

    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 23 Janvier 1961|21 x 27 cm|une page
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Cocteau, on letterhead from Villa Santo-Sospir in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat which he decorated, 13 lines in blue ink, to Roger Nimier.
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    "23 Janv. 1961,
    Très cher Nimier,
    voici pour accompagner le portrait dessin. Si vous le trouvez trop bref demandez chez Grasset un exemplaire de journal d'un inconnu. Dans le chapitre de l'amitié, je raconte un déjeuner entre Simenon, Pagnol et moi.- sans nommer personne. Mais le passage est très significatif de ce que je résume en q.q. lignes. Votre fidèle, Jean. P.S. Dites moi vite si tu as reçu cette note et son P.S." ("23 Jan. 1961, / Very dear Nimier, / here...
    €450
  9. Appogiatures - Manuscrit autographe d'une version primitive en partie inédite
    Jean COCTEAU

    Appogiatures - Manuscrit autographe d'une version primitive en partie inéditeAppogiatures - Autograph manuscript of an early version, partly unpublished

    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat août 1952|20.80 x 34 cm|52 pages

    Autograph manuscript by Jean Cocteau, early version of the poetry collection Appogiatures - published in 1953 by Éditions du Rocher in Monaco - comprising 47 leaves of thick paper taken from a large drawing pad and 5 smaller leaves of thin paper, written in blue ink and blue ballpoint pen. Numerous deletions and corrections. The leaves are numbered up to 25 (including one number 8 bis) and most bear a small cross or the mythical Cocteau star. The last leaf, containing the poem titled "Lettre," is dated in the poet's hand August, 15, 1952. Also in Cocteau's hand, the first leaf bears the final title, above which is crossed out the initially...

    €8,500
  10. Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée, en français, à Marcel Prévost : "on ne commence jamais un de vos romans avec la sensation fatigante qu'on va lire quelque chose qu'on a déjà à peu près lu"
    William Somerset MAUGHAM

    Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée, en français, à Marcel Prévost : "on ne commence jamais un de vos romans avec la sensation fatigante qu'on va lire quelque chose qu'on a déjà à peu près lu"[Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed in French to Marcel Prévost: “on ne commence jamais un de vos romans avec la sensation fatigante qu'on va lire quelque chose qu'on a déjà à peu près lu]

    s. n.|Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat s. d. [1929]|13.7 x 21 cm|Une feuille

    Autograph letter dated June 10th (1929) and signed by Somerset Maugham addressed in French to the writer Marcel Prévost, who had just sent him an inscribed copy of his book "L'homme vierge".

    27 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page on Villa Mauresque letterhead from Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, printed stamp of Marcel Prévost's library in the upper right corner of the letter.

    Mailing folds as usual.

    Somerset Maugham thanks him for the inscription and praises the innovative literary qualities of his correspondent: "... je vous remercie infiniment. Je l'avais lu quand il s'appelait Amal et suis très content de le posséder maintenant en forme plus permanente. Vous...

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