COCTEAU Jean
Autograph POEM, Reversibility,[circa 1910]; on an in-4 page (slightly crumpled edges, repaired fold slit).
An amusing poem of youth, never before published, evoking car breakdowns.
This poem counts 10 Alexandrians: "Ah that we hurt ourselves with grief and bile To see people working on a car...
The boss grumbles on the greasy floor and helps him lie
under the engine - it makes a bad weather"....
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Lot no. 9

COCTEAU Jean Autograph POEM, Reversibility,[circa 1910]; on an in-4 page (slightly crumpled edges, repaired fold slit). An amusing poem of youth, never before published, evoking car breakdowns. This poem counts 10 Alexandrians: "Ah that we hurt ourselves with grief and bile To see people working on a car... The boss grumbles on the greasy floor and helps him lie under the engine - it makes a bad weather"....

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COCTEAU Jean Autograph POEM, Reversibility,[circa 1910]; on an in-4 page (slightly crumpled edges, repaired fold slit). An amusing poem of youth, never before published, evoking car breakdowns. This poem counts 10 Alexandrians: "Ah that we hurt ourselves with grief and bile To see people working on a car... The boss grumbles on the greasy floor and helps him lie under the engine - it makes a bad weather"....
Sale Wednesday 4 December 2019・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot 9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris