JEAN
COCTEAU
Théâtre
A series of lithographs by Jean Cocteau illustrating his collected plays, printed across two volumes in 1957 by Mourlot & Sons and published by Éditions Bernard Grasset, Paris.
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INDEX
• L I T H O G R A P H S F R O M T H É ÂT R E ( G I L D E D F R A M E S ) - PA G E S 6 - 3 3 • V I N TAG E E X H I B I T I O N P O S T E R S
- PAG E S 3 4 - 4 3
• L I T H O G R A P H S F R O M T H É ÂT R E ( C H E R R Y W O O D F R A M E S ) - PA G E S 4 4 - 6 9
L I T H O G R A P H S F R O M T H É ÂT R E ( G I L D E D F R A M E S )
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Juliet Waiting for Romeo Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 SOLD Enquire about this item
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Arguments Scéniques et Chorégraphiques (I) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 Enquire about this item
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Antigone (II) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 Enquire about this item
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Bacchus (I) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 Enquire about this item
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Bacchus (II) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 Enquire about this item
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Bacchus (III) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 Enquire about this item
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Bacchus (IV) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 Enquire about this item
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La Machine à Écrire (I) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 Enquire about this item
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La Machine à Écrire (II) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 Enquire about this item
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Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel (II) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 SOLD Enquire about this item
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L'Aigle à Deux Têtes (V) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 Enquire about this item
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Renaud et Armide (IV) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 Enquire about this item
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Les Monstres Sacrés (I) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a 24ct water gilded frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £950 Enquire about this item
ORIGINAL EXHIBITION POSTERS
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Poteries Exhibition Poster Original Lithographic Poster 1958 Unsigned Presented in a dark stained box frame with linen wrapped interior Sheet size: 63.5 x 48.3 cm Frame size: 69.5 x 54.5 cm £1,950 Enquire about this item
(We have two posters of this design available)
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Assiettes, Nourrir la Bouche et les Yeux Original Lithographic Poster 1957 Unsigned Presented in a dark stained box frame with linen wrapped interior Sheet size: 64.8 x 45.1 cm Frame size: 71.5 x 51.5 cm £1,950 Enquire about this item
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Tête de Faune - Hommage à Mourlot Original Lithographic Poster 1956 / 1975 Unsigned Presented in a dark stained box frame with linen wrapped interior Sheet size: 66 x 52.7 cm Frame size: 72 x 59 cm £1,950 Enquire about this item
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Profil de Garçon en couleur Original Lithographic Poster 1956 / 1975 Unsigned Presented in a dark stained box frame with linen wrapped interior Sheet size: 64.8 x 49.5 cm Frame size: 72 x 56.5 cm £1,950 Enquire about this item
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Théâtre de Poche Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 Enquire about this item
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La Machine Infernale (II) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 Enquire about this item
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Roméo et Juliette (I) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 Enquire about this item
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Les Parents Terribles (I) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 SOLD Enquire about this item
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L'aigle à Deux Têtes (II) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 Enquire about this item
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Antigone (III) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 SOLD Enquire about this item
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La Machine Infernale (III) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 Enquire about this item
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Orphée (II) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 Enquire about this item
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Renaud et Armide (II) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 Enquire about this item
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La Parents Terribles (III) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 Enquire about this item
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La Chevaliers de la Table Ronde (III) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 Enquire about this item
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Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel (I) Lithograph in colours on vergé de voiron paper From Théâtre, 1957 Unsigned Presented in a natural cherry wood frame Sheet size: 15 x 22.5 cm Frame size: 34 x 42 cm £650 SOLD Enquire about this item
JEAN
COCTEAU
“It's perfectly normal that extraordinary things happen to me. I'm an exceptional person. Oh, don't think I'm boasting. I mean to say that, unfortunately, I'm exceptional and that, unfortunately, I can't live by the rules. I must make my own.”
― Jean Cocteau Jean Cocteau (b. 1889 – d. 1963) worked across almost every artistic discipline, exploring writing, painting and drawing, theatre and film, linking disparate forms of art-making in explorations of myth, contemporary life, dream and sexual identity.
Cocteau began as a poet but aspired toward the creation of worlds into which an audience could be immersed. He drew from many influences, filtering the world around him through his personal sensibility and life experiences. Cocteau, though controversial among his peers, valued collaboration and his receptivity to the ideas of others is evident throughout his body of work, which broke new ground in creating links between different styles, media and periods. This exhibition brings together a collection of over 40 lithographs illustrating his plays along with a selection of rare exhibition posters.
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JEAN
COCTEAU
Théâtre
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