Jean Cocteau - Dessins D'Une Vie

From the estate of Edouard Dermit, last companion and heir of Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), no less than 282 works by both Cocteau and artists close to him. The collection presented includes early sketches, portraits, illustrations for magazines and novels, many self-portraits, and portraits of Andre Salmon, Coco Chanel, Paul Eluard, Christian Berard, Colette . They are complemented by portraits of Cocteau drawn or painted by Marie Laurencin, Modigliani, Picasso, Man Ray, Irving Penn, Lipchitz, Buffet ...