Description: Jean Cocteau ‘Erotic Drawings’ Hardcopy 1999 edition Jean Cocteau was born in 1889 and is regarded as one of France's greatest men of letters. A multi-faceted talent, he achieved distinction as a poet, playwright and critic, as well as an artist, illustrator, composer, actor and film-maker. Opium-addicted enfant terrible and creative genius--Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) left a quite exclusive mark on art in the first half of our century. Enveloped in a nimbus of immorality, he if any had a way of continually provoking the cultural authorities and astounding the public with his inexhaustible creativity. Be it as a writer, commentator or painter, actor, choreographer or producer, in the course of his spectacular career he worked--and quarrelled often enough--with all the great artists of his era, from Diaghilev, Stravinsky, Satie and Picasso to Apollinaire, Radiguet, Gide and Truffaut. But no matter what form of artistic expression Cocteau chose to use, he left his personal stamp upon it in some inimitable way. While his literary works and film are known to a wide public, Jean Cocteau's extensive oeuvre as a painter and draughtsman still holds surprises in store. This book, with over 140 illustrations, presents a broad selection of his erotic drawing from four decades, many as yet unpublished. From "Le Livre blanc", Cocteau's controversial homoerotic manifesto, printed anonymously in 1928, to his works from the early 60s, the style and line-work may vary but never the theme: Cocteau's highly explicit works are devoted to one subject alone; the Eros of the male sex. Final sale - no refunds
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Topic: Drawing
Publication Year: 1999
Language: English
Book Title: Jean Cocteau Erotic Drawings
Author: Annie Guedras
Genre: Art & Culture, Erotic, Gay, Men
