Handwritten letter in pencil and pen on paper from Jean Coct - Lot 390

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Handwritten letter in pencil and pen on paper from Jean Coct - Lot 390
Handwritten letter in pencil and pen on paper from Jean Cocteau "Versailles is the asylum of great shadows that it is not good to put against oneself. Superstitiously I advise France to ruin itself for Versailles or else hasten its ruin." (slight paper soiling, corrections and erasures in pen) 27 x 20 cm Provenance, this belonged to Marie Powers (1902-1973) American singer and friend of Cocteau who acquired musical scores as well as handwritten notes including this one.
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