COCTEAU Jean
Autograph MANUSCRIT signed "Jean Cocteau",[Is cinema is art?], 1946; 1 page in-4 in black ink.
Response to a film survey.
He cannot understand this naive question: "Cinematography is a very young art and must acquire its titles of nobility. He is fifty years old: my age - it is old for a man, young for a muse - if you think about the age of painting, architecture, music, theatre. One can imagine Shakespeare's joy if he had known this machine for making dreams come true - Mozart's if he had been able to record the credits for the Magic Flute. Goodbye to our last colorless films. The color is coming. It will be used by some in the form of chromo, others will find a way to invent a style".
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Lot no. 93

COCTEAU Jean Autograph MANUSCRIT signed "Jean Cocteau",[Is cinema is art?], 1946; 1 page in-4 in black ink. Response to a film survey. He cannot understand this naive question: "Cinematography is a very young art and must acquire its titles of nobility. He is fifty years old: my age - it is old for a man, young for a muse - if you think about the age of painting, architecture, music, theatre. One can imagine Shakespeare's joy if he had known this machine for making dreams come true - Mozart's if he had been able to record the credits for the Magic Flute. Goodbye to our last colorless films. The color is coming. It will be used by some in the form of chromo, others will find a way to invent a style".

Estimate
€400 - €500
Result
€750
Buyer's premium
30%
COCTEAU Jean Autograph MANUSCRIT signed "Jean Cocteau",[Is cinema is art?], 1946; 1 page in-4 in black ink. Response to a film survey. He cannot understand this naive question: "Cinematography is a very young art and must acquire its titles of nobility. He is fifty years old: my age - it is old for a man, young for a muse - if you think about the age of painting, architecture, music, theatre. One can imagine Shakespeare's joy if he had known this machine for making dreams come true - Mozart's if he had been able to record the credits for the Magic Flute. Goodbye to our last colorless films. The color is coming. It will be used by some in the form of chromo, others will find a way to invent a style".
Sale Wednesday 4 December 2019・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot 9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris