Jean Cocteau working on the mural of the Chapelle Saint Pierre. Villefranche-sur-Mer 1956.

Jean Cocteau, dressed in a dark work jumpsuit over a collared shirt and tie, leans thoughtfully in a corner of the Chapelle Saint Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer, 1956. He is captured mid-project, flanked by two distinct styles of his mural work: a loose, preliminary charcoal sketch of a large figure on one wall, and a bold, geometric pattern on the pillar he rests against. The unfinished concrete floor and rough stone blocks at the base of the wall reveal the space as an active, creative workshop.

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