Versatile and influential French poet, playwright, film director, and artist (1889–1963); among his best-known works are the novel Les Enfants Terrible and the film La Belle et la Bête. Vintage glossy 9.5 x 7 photo of Cocteau holding a cigarette and leaning on a piano on which rests a bizarre “unicorn” mask, signed in black ink, “Salut amicee de Jean Cocteau, Munich 1962.” In fine condition, with scattered mild surface marks and subtle waviness. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
