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

Jean Cocteau, perched on a stepladder, paints a detail of his mural in the Chapelle Saint Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer, 1956. Below, an assistant consults a sketch for the vast, in-progress work covering the curved walls. Rendered in a linear style with bold black outlines, the stylized, elongated figures evoke Romanesque art. Paint cans and buckets scattered on the floor attest to the intense concentration involved in the grand artistic project.

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