COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963)

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French Writer, Playwright and Filmmaker. A.L.S., Cocteau, one page, 4to, 9 rue Vignon, Paris, n.d., to a friend, in French. Cocteau states in part `I am back. I mean the body is back, the remaining is coming back little by little, and badly..´. At the time Cocteau moved to rue Vignon in 1931, and for the following few years, Coteau was an opium addict. Together with Jean Marais (1913-1998) French Actor. Considered the muse of Cocteau. Signed and inscribed 8 x 11 photograph by Marais. Also including Edouard Dermit (1925-1995) French Actor. Adopted son and universal legatee of Cocteau. Signed and inscribed 9.5 x 7 photograph, the image showing Dermit in a scene from Cocteau´s film Orphée, 1950. Letter folded, otherwise VG £250-350