AUTHOR: PATRICK MAURIES
PUBLISHER: ASSOULINE PUBLISHING
PUBLICATION DATE: MAY 2004
ISBN: 2843236037
U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95
HARDCOVER; 6 x 8 1/2
80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B/W PHOTOGRAPHS

“As Cartier is to watches, Assouline is to books”
Timeout New York

ASSOULINE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE JEAN COCTEAU
USA- Assouline Publishing, the illustrated book publishing house behind such timeless art titles such as Picasso, Dada Spirit, Art Game Books and Magritte will release a new title this Spring, Jean Cocteau. Virtuoso of the world and the drawn line, Jean Cocteau (1889- 1963) did not reduce art to an aesthetic, but raised living to the level of art. Influenced by forces as diverse as surrealism, psychoanalysis, cubism, Catholicism, and opium, Cocteau made his name in poetry, fiction, film, ballet, painting, theater, and opera. For Serial Rights information, please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. Press requests please contact Lehua Chong at chong@workhousepr.com. For press kit, high-resolution images and book excerpts please visit www.workhousepr.com/assouline/jeancocteau.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Patrick Mauries gives us an intimate look into the life of this "prince of poets," revealing the unique magic that inhabits each of his creations. Patrick Mauries is a Paris-based contributing editor to the Italian art and design magazine FMR and a former literary editor of Liberation . He is the author of numerous books, including Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, Christian Lacroix: The Diary of a Collection, Jewelry by Chanel, and, more recently, Cabinets of Curiosities .

IMAGES
Press images will be made available shortly. All inquiries please contact Ryan Urcia at urcia@workhousepr.com.

NOTE: No more than two images plus cover may be used, at no larger than 1/4 of a page and cover at any size. Photo credit must appear next to images.

REVIEW COPY
If you are interested in obtaining a review copy of an Assouline Spring 2004 release, please fax your request on letter head to Ryan Urcia at Workhouse Publicity, 212. 334. 1919.

SERIAL RIGHTS
For Serial Rights information, please contact Adam Nelson at
nelson@workhousepr.com.

For more information please contact Lehua Chong at chong@workhousepr.com or visit http://www.workhousepr.com/assouline/jeancocteau