{"product_id":"jean-cocteau-bacchus-1957","title":"Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-tn=\"pdp-spec-detail-dateOfManufacture\" class=\"dc-inlineBlock\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dc-textLeft\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eScène XXXV, \u003cem\u003eBacchus\u003c\/em\u003e, from the theater edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-tn=\"pdp-spec-detail-dateOfManufacture\" class=\"dc-inlineBlock\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dc-textLeft\"\u003eLithography, 1957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions:\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-tn=\"pdp-spec-detail-height\" class=\"dc-inlineBlock dc-mr3px\"\u003eHeight 22.23 cm, Width\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-tn=\"pdp-spec-detail-width\" class=\"dc-inlineBlock\"\u003e 15.24 cm \u003cspan data-tn=\"pdp-spec-detail-height\" class=\"dc-inlineBlock dc-mr3px\"\u003e(8.75 x 6 in)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eThis exquisite original color lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"77\"\u003eScène XXXV, Bacchus\u003c\/i\u003e, reflects the artist's characteristic lyrical draftsmanship, classical elegance, and theatrical sensibility, beautifully expressed through his fluid, poetic line. Executed on parchment Verge de Voiron des Papeteries Navarre paper, this work measures 8.75 x 6 inches (22.23 x 15.24 cm) and is unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The composition demonstrates a masterful balance that fuses classical clarity with modern abstraction. The artwork is well preserved, maintaining a condition consistent with its age and medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eThe piece originates from the 1957 album \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"41\"\u003eJean Cocteau de l'Académie française, Théâtre, Édition ornée par l'auteur de dessins in texte et de quarante lithographies originales en couleurs, tome II\u003c\/i\u003e (Jean Cocteau of the French Academy, Theater, Edition Adorned by the Author with Text Drawings and Forty Original Lithographs in Colors, Volume II), published by Editions Bernard Grasset, Paris. This publication stands among the most ambitious and luxurious Parisian printmaking achievements of the mid-twentieth century, uniting Cocteau's theatrical writings with an extensive cycle of original color lithographs created expressly for this edition. Conceived and published in the grand French tradition of the \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"707\"\u003elivre d'artiste\u003c\/i\u003e, the project merges fine Garamond typography with masterful lithography executed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, recognized as one of the foremost fine art lithographic ateliers of the twentieth century. Cocteau closely supervised not only the imagery but also the overall artistic conception, including the layout, sequencing, and integration of text and drawings, making the album a fully unified work shaped entirely by the author's personal vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eAccording to the production colophon details excerpted and translated from the album, the text of Jean Cocteau's Theater, edited by Bernard Grasset, was composed in Garamond and completed printing on the presses of l'imprimerie Darantiere in Dijon on the thirtieth of July, 1957. While the author's lithographies were printed by Atelier Mourlot Freres in Paris, the boards were executed by l'Atelier Barasi in Alfortville, based on the specific model designed by Jean Cocteau. The publication was issued in multiple distinct tirages, which included LX examples on Madagascar numbered Madagascar I to L and I to X; CCX examples on Velin de Rives, numbered Velin de Rives I to CC and I to X; and VMMMMMDCCCXC examples on Verge de Voiron des Papeteries Navarre, under a special binding numbered Verge de Voiron I to VMMMMDCCC and S.P. I to S.P. XC. This impression belongs to the extensive edition printed on the Verge de Voiron paper. Today, the portfolio remains a cornerstone of Cocteau's printed oeuvre and a landmark in twentieth-century fine art publishing, admired globally for its seamless synthesis of literature, visual art, and design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eJean Cocteau was a French artist, poet, playwright, filmmaker, and designer whose boundless imagination and multidisciplinary genius made him one of the most influential cultural figures of the twentieth century. Born in Maisons-Laffitte near Paris, Cocteau emerged as a prodigy whose creative energy spanned literature, cinema, theater, music, and the visual arts, reshaping modern creativity through his conviction that beauty, myth, and imagination were universal languages. As a central figure of the Parisian avant-garde, he moved among and collaborated with Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, a group of artists who were actively revolutionizing modern thought through bold experimentation. His collaboration with Picasso and Erik Satie on \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"838\"\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e (1917) for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes marked a new era of interdisciplinary art, merging music, design, and theater into a poetic total work. Cocteau's visual art, defined by fluid line drawings, mythological symbolism, and lyrical simplicity, demonstrated a total mastery of composition. His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret remain among the most important achievements of sacred modern art. His novels, plays, and films—including \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"1365\"\u003eLes Enfants Terribles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"1388\"\u003eLa Machine Infernale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"1410\"\u003eLes Parents Terribles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"1433\"\u003eLa Belle et la Bete\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"1454\"\u003eOrphee\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"1466\"\u003eLe Testament d'Orphée\u003c\/i\u003e—established him as one of the principal architects of poetic cinema, profoundly influencing later filmmakers such as Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard, David Lynch, and Guillermo del Toro. His collaborations with Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Elsa Schiaparelli extended his innovations into fashion and theater, while his partnership with Jean Marais inspired some of his most intimate and celebrated works. Cocteau is represented in major museums worldwide, including the Centre Pompidou, the Musée Jean Cocteau in Menton, the Tate, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lykos Galerie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58184479768957,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/7999\/9613\/files\/556867a91d4fdf8988e2952dd1a2ee72.jpg?v=1779122586","url":"https:\/\/lykosgalerie.com\/products\/jean-cocteau-bacchus-1957","provider":"Lykos Galerie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}