Jean Cocteau at Villa Santo Sospir. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1952.
Jean Cocteau pauses his work in the studio of the Villa Santo Sospir in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, 1952. Clad in a white terrycloth bathrobe, he holds a fine-tipped paintbrush and a small container of paint, his intense gaze directed at the camera. He stands beside a canvas on an easel, its highly stylized composition nearly complete: two identical profiles flank an ornate chalice, set beneath a canopy of leaves. Exposed wooden beams and art supplies populate the background, capturing a moment of focused creativity.
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Comité Cocteau / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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