COCTEAU, Jean, (French, 1889-1963): Handwritten note with characteristic original Pen and Ink Drawing. Note reads ''en Andre Gralberto Perez en souvienir de Jean Cocteau''. Dated 1995. 7'' x 5 1/2''. Willian Crawford Plumley Estate. Jean Maurice Eugene Clement Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929), and the films Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents Terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946) and Orpheus (1949). His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Yul Brynner, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky, Maria Felix, Edith Piaf, Panama Al Brown and Raymond Radiguet. (Wiki) From the William Crawford Plumley Estate.
CONDITION: Slight staining to lower left corner and darkness to edges from handling, creases.