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The majority of the obsessional, worshipful and sexually
explicit drawings in this volume could not be published in
the author’s lifetime.
Cocteau’s models came from a variety of backgrounds.
Some were casual pick-ups, others were lovers and friends.
Among those represented here are schoolfriends who influenced
his sexual development as well as two of his most famous lovers;
the precocious writer Raymond Radiguet and the actor Jean
Marais. Cocteau also drew many of his distinguished contemporaries;
Picasso, Stravinsky, Nijinsky, Apollinaire, Sarah Bernhardt,
Isadora Duncan and Mistinguett.
Highly revealing in Cocteau’s own serach for personal
truth, these sensitively drawn and haunting works have had
a profound influence on our perception of the graphic relations
between art and literature.
‘Putting the cock in Cocteau is this new book by
the French Renaissance man himself. Long before Tom of Finland,
Jean Cocteau was doodling you studs dressed as chefs, sailors
and ruffians with dicks like rolling pins and some pretty
bad attitudes.’ - Boyz
‘Lavish . . . a fitting tribute to sexual love and a
defiant expression of sexual liberty.’ - Him
‘These erotic drawings are replete with Cocteau favourites
- well-endowed teenage sailors disporting themselves in
a blatantly sexual manner . . . delectable.’ - Gay
Times
‘Surprisingly explicit.’ - Arts Review
JEAN COCTEAU is regarded as one of France’s greatest
men of letters. A multi-faceted talent, he achieved distinction
as a poet, playwright and critic, as well as an artist, illustrator,
composer, actor and film-maker. Among his best known novels
are Les Enfants Terribles, The Impostor and
The Miscreant. |
