Libération. October 1983. Special Cocteau Number.
The 114 pages of this special October 1983 issue of Libération were dedicated solely to Jean Cocteau to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death on the 11th of October 1963. The cover was designed especially for this issue by Andy Warhol (he him self would die just four years later) after a photograph by Gisèle Freund. The issue includes innumerable photographs of Cocteau, his lovers, his wider circle and his work, including two double page spreads of the erotic drawings for The White Paper. Also including photographs by Brassaï, Herbert List, Raymond Voinquel, Man Ray, Roger Corbeau, Serge Lido, Philippe Halsmann. Libération, popularly known as Libé is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968.
Title: Libération October 1983. Special Cocteau Issue
Author: Serge July (ed.)
Publisher: Libération
Publication date: October 1983
Format: Paperback folio (28 x 37 cm) Cover specially designed by Andy Warhol
Pages: 114
Images: Many in text as well as many large full page plates throughout
Language: French
Condition: Good. Covers rubbed and creased, chipping at edges, small tear to spine, otherwise good
Stock Number: RB01710
The 114 pages of this special October 1983 issue of Libération were dedicated solely to Jean Cocteau to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death on the 11th of October 1963. The cover was designed especially for this issue by Andy Warhol (he him self would die just four years later) after a photograph by Gisèle Freund. The issue includes innumerable photographs of Cocteau, his lovers, his wider circle and his work, including two double page spreads of the erotic drawings for The White Paper. Also including photographs by Brassaï, Herbert List, Raymond Voinquel, Man Ray, Roger Corbeau, Serge Lido, Philippe Halsmann. Libération, popularly known as Libé is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968.
Title: Libération October 1983. Special Cocteau Issue
Author: Serge July (ed.)
Publisher: Libération
Publication date: October 1983
Format: Paperback folio (28 x 37 cm) Cover specially designed by Andy Warhol
Pages: 114
Images: Many in text as well as many large full page plates throughout
Language: French
Condition: Good. Covers rubbed and creased, chipping at edges, small tear to spine, otherwise good
Stock Number: RB01710
The 114 pages of this special October 1983 issue of Libération were dedicated solely to Jean Cocteau to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death on the 11th of October 1963. The cover was designed especially for this issue by Andy Warhol (he him self would die just four years later) after a photograph by Gisèle Freund. The issue includes innumerable photographs of Cocteau, his lovers, his wider circle and his work, including two double page spreads of the erotic drawings for The White Paper. Also including photographs by Brassaï, Herbert List, Raymond Voinquel, Man Ray, Roger Corbeau, Serge Lido, Philippe Halsmann. Libération, popularly known as Libé is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968.
Title: Libération October 1983. Special Cocteau Issue
Author: Serge July (ed.)
Publisher: Libération
Publication date: October 1983
Format: Paperback folio (28 x 37 cm) Cover specially designed by Andy Warhol
Pages: 114
Images: Many in text as well as many large full page plates throughout
Language: French
Condition: Good. Covers rubbed and creased, chipping at edges, small tear to spine, otherwise good
Stock Number: RB01710