Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963)
5 paperbacks with letters to Lucien CLERGUE. Le Sang d'un poète, film. Photographs by Sacha Mansour (Robert Marin, 1948, cover in the name of Éditions du Rocher); small in-4. First edition, on helio vellum (no. 1258). Envoi: "à Lucien Clergue son ami Jean * 1956 Nîmes", with drawing of a face in blue ballpoint pen. On the back of the title, dispatch from Lee MILLER: "lots of love to Lucien Lee Miller Penrose".
Poèmes (1916-1955) (Gallimard, 1956); in-12 (wet). Envoi: "à Lucien Clergue son ami Jean * 1956 Arles" and blue ballpoint pen drawings on double page: profile, "coq d'Arles" and dancer.
Paraprosodies preceded by 7 Dialogues (Éditions du Rocher, 1958); narrow in-8. Envoi: "à Lucien Clergue ces négatifs de la chance son ami Jean * 1958".
Le Cordon ombilical, souvenirs (Plon, 1962); in-8. Envoi: "Mon Lucien je t'embrasse de tout cœur Jean*".
Le Requiem (Gallimard, 1962); in-4. Address: "à Lucien Clergue cette chambre noire son ami Jean*".

Lots 24 to 68 were sold at provisional 
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Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) 5 paperbacks with letters to Lucien CLERGUE. Le Sang d'un poète, film. Photographs by Sacha Mansour (Robert Marin, 1948, cover in the name of Éditions du Rocher); small in-4. First edition, on helio vellum (no. 1258). Envoi: "à Lucien Clergue son ami Jean * 1956 Nîmes", with drawing of a face in blue ballpoint pen. On the back of the title, dispatch from Lee MILLER: "lots of love to Lucien Lee Miller Penrose". Poèmes (1916-1955) (Gallimard, 1956); in-12 (wet). Envoi: "à Lucien Clergue son ami Jean * 1956 Arles" and blue ballpoint pen drawings on double page: profile, "coq d'Arles" and dancer. Paraprosodies preceded by 7 Dialogues (Éditions du Rocher, 1958); narrow in-8. Envoi: "à Lucien Clergue ces négatifs de la chance son ami Jean * 1958". Le Cordon ombilical, souvenirs (Plon, 1962); in-8. Envoi: "Mon Lucien je t'embrasse de tout cœur Jean*". Le Requiem (Gallimard, 1962); in-4. Address: "à Lucien Clergue cette chambre noire son ami Jean*". Lots 24 to 68 were sold at provisional provisional with possibility of reunion

Estimate
€1,000 - €1,500
Result
Not communicated
Buyer's premium
30%
Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) 5 paperbacks with letters to Lucien CLERGUE. Le Sang d'un poète, film. Photographs by Sacha Mansour (Robert Marin, 1948, cover in the name of Éditions du Rocher); small in-4. First edition, on helio vellum (no. 1258). Envoi: "à Lucien Clergue son ami Jean * 1956 Nîmes", with drawing of a face in blue ballpoint pen. On the back of the title, dispatch from Lee MILLER: "lots of love to Lucien Lee Miller Penrose". Poèmes (1916-1955) (Gallimard, 1956); in-12 (wet). Envoi: "à Lucien Clergue son ami Jean * 1956 Arles" and blue ballpoint pen drawings on double page: profile, "coq d'Arles" and dancer. Paraprosodies preceded by 7 Dialogues (Éditions du Rocher, 1958); narrow in-8. Envoi: "à Lucien Clergue ces négatifs de la chance son ami Jean * 1958". Le Cordon ombilical, souvenirs (Plon, 1962); in-8. Envoi: "Mon Lucien je t'embrasse de tout cœur Jean*". Le Requiem (Gallimard, 1962); in-4. Address: "à Lucien Clergue cette chambre noire son ami Jean*". Lots 24 to 68 were sold at provisional provisional with possibility of reunion
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