JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Sailor. A version of the illustration from Jean Genet's novel Querelle de Brest, (Paris: Morihien, 1947). Blue pencil on paper. 355x115 mm; 14x4 1/2 inches, on 16x12-inch sheet. Signed "Jean" with his star monogram, lower right image. The 29 drawings that Cocteau created for the first edition of Genet's novel were bold, graphic, and daring in their erotic rawness. It remains among his best-known works. Provenance: private collection, California.
JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) Sailor. A version of the illustration from Jean Genet's novel Querelle de Brest, (Paris: Morihien, 1947). Blue pencil on paper. 355x115 mm; 14x4 1/2 inches, on 16x12-inch sheet. Signed "Jean" with his star monogram, lower right image. The 29 drawings that Cocteau created for the first edition of Genet's novel were bold, graphic, and daring in their erotic rawness. It remains among his best-known works. Provenance: private collection, California.
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