This pair have such fantastically characterful faces - can’t you just picture them in some fine old early film, the bit-part actors playing the quirky minor characters who steal the show from the more conventional-looking leading man.
A kind and knowledgeable reader has sent in some more information on this particular picture - on the right is Jean Cocteau and on the left Darius Milhaud : I had no idea they were such noteworthy people when first captivated by their photograph, familiar with Cocteau’s work but not his face!
“I was hungry. I was cold. But I was also free. Free not to get up in the morning, not to go to bed at night, free to get drunk if I liked, to dream…to hope.”
“Qui êtes-vous donc, vous les créatures du Pays Fantastique ? Vous êtes des fictions, des chimères du Royaume de la Poèsie, des personnes dans une histoire sans fin !” L'histoire sans fin - Michael Ende
I spotted these Jean Cocteau gems at the Liberty Christmas in July press preview. A cluster of matte pastel plates by Raynaud Limoges, this French-made porcelain line got lots of attention on my Instagram Stories.
