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Cocteau


Gabrielle-Sidonie

Colette


Lettre autographe signée adressée à Jean Cocteau

1936171 x 221 mm

550 €

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Autograph letters Literature Remarkable origins Autograph

Description

HAND-WRITTEN LETTER Colette wrote to Jean Cocteau after the publication in 1935 of Portraits-Souvenirs 1900-1910 :

"Dear Jean,
I don't know where you are, but I have to tell you that your "Souvenirs are enchanting paintings!
The last one : Polar !!! And the samurai ladies !!!
Love you. I've moved, taking Maurice Goudeket with me. Come and see.  
Colette

Marignan building
27 Champs-Élysées

In 1931, Colette moved into the Hôtel Claridge on the Champs-Elysées, and in 1932 opened a beauty products shop under her own name at 6 rue de Miromesnil. The Claridge closed for renovation in 1936 and Colette and Maurice Goudeket moved into the Marignan building at number 27 on the Champs-Elysées - the couple had recently married to take part in the maiden voyage of the Normandie liner, as America could not accommodate an illegitimate couple...

1936.In-4, Sheets,171 x 221 mm,1 page.

Still black, blue paper.

Bio

Cocteau, Jean

Jean Cocteau

Born on 5 July 1889 in Maisons-Laffitte and died on 11 October 1963 in his house in Milly-la-Forêt. French poet, graphic designer, draftsman, playwright and filmmaker, member of the Académie française from 1955.

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Colette,Gabrielle-Sidonie

Gabrielle-Sidonie Colette

Born on 28 January 1873 in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye (Yonne) - died on 3 August 1954 in Paris. Mime, actress and journalist, a French woman of letters known above all as a novelist, Colette was after Judith Gautier in 1910, the second woman elected member of the Goncourt academy in 1945, of which she became president between 1949 and 1954.

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