Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) - Lot 48

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Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) - Lot 48
Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) Autograph poem signed, to Lucien Clergue excellent photographer, December 5, 1958; 1page in-4 on Santo-Sospir letterhead. Beautiful 13-line poem in tribute to the photographer. "Sous les écumes ourlant celle Who from salt and mother-of-pearl came [...] Wrath of the waves Standard of sad battles Blackbird's beak under the veil Beekeepers and widows Clergue! lying upright." Typescript with autograph corrections enclosed (1p. in-4). CCC p. 60-61. Œuvres poétiques complètes (Pléiade), p. 1249. Lots 24 to 68 are sold by provisional auction with possibility of reunion.
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