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Signed Jean Cocteau necklace — La Calade (Salamander and Sun)
REF : BI-COCT-27
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380,00 €
This silver-plated piece bears the signature "Jean Cocteau" as well as the date of conception of the original design (1963)
A salamander and the sun adorn this elegant rectangular silver-plated pendant.
On the back, the publisher's mark as well as the reverse of the sun motif found on the front.
A collector's item, now rare.
Dimensions: 4.2 cm x 6.3 cm
This pendant is sold on its silver-plated bangle.
Weight: 45 grams
© Editions Madeline
The piece is presented in its white jewelry box.
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Jean Cocteau
Additional cultural and artistic information about the artist
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Main works
The Blue God (1912), Parade (1917), The Holy Terrors (1929), Beauty and the Beast (1946, film), The Testament of Orpheus (1960, film)
Artistic movements
Jean Cocteau is a multifaceted artist belonging to surrealism and dadaism, although he never fully integrated into a single movement. His work also influenced the movements of cubism and artistic avant-garde.
Inspiration, influence
His influences include major artists such as Pablo Picasso, Erik Satie, Serge de Diaghilev, and Guillaume Apollinaire. He was also influenced by his collaborations with figures from the Russian ballet and theater, such as Vaslav Nijinsky.
His contemporaries
Pablo Picasso, Erik Satie, Guillaume Apollinaire, André Breton, Marcel Proust, Raymond Radiguet.
To keep in mind
Writer, playwright, director, filmmaker, illustrator, painter, surrealist, modernist, homosexual, lover of beauty, fundamentally different, unique, French, leaving behind an immense void; that of his genius! Cocteau inhabited half a century of artistic creation, forever imprinting our imagination (who has not, in their childhood, been deeply impressed by Beauty and the Beast?), asking questions that no one else wanted to tackle (Les enfants terribles) and bequeathing us (with Testament of Orpheus) a door to our dreams and his, like few artists have offered for their ultimate work....