Jean Cocteau, Head of the Minotaur (c. 1961)

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“Jean Cocteau, Head of the Minotaur (c. 1961)”. n.d, James Merrill's Poetry Manuscripts, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-poetry-manuscripts/item/37391

Title: Jean Cocteau, Head of the Minotaur (c. 1961)
Description: Jean Cocteau (French, 1889–1963)
Head of the Minotaur, circa 1961
Lot ID: 94551
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Pastel on black paper
25.5 x 20 in. (64.77 x 50.8 cm.)
Signed; Lower left, in red.
Printed circa 1961
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Subject: James Merrill
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Item sets: Merrill

Site pages: Three Late Poems and Draft of Merrill's Last Poem; Images by Jean Cocteau

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