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

In 1956, Jean Cocteau works on the murals of the Chapelle Saint Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer. Captured in profile and wearing a dark suit jacket, he leans intently towards the wall, applying a bold, black line to a stylized, winged fish. This creature appears to be exhaled from the mouth of an enormous human profile that dominates the composition, its own eyebrow uniquely rendered in the shape of a small fish.

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AtWork, PaintingUtensils

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