Chloë Cassens is the representative of the Severin Wunderman Collection, the largest in the world of works by iconoclastic French artist Jean Cocteau. It makes up the entirety of the contents of the Musée Jean Cocteau-collection Severin Wunderman in Menton, France. She is a longtime scholar of Cocteau with a unique perspective, as she is Wunderman’s granddaughter. Based in Los Angeles and Paris, she was raised between LA, Switzerland and France before receiving her B.A. in Comparative Literature from Barnard College. She is the author of SACRED MONSTER, a biweekly essay project dedicated to celebrating Cocteau and the Collection. As the Collection’s representative, she works to educate others about Wunderman’s legacy and popularize Cocteau’s work around the globe.

Writer & The Representative of the Severin Wunderman Collection

Sacred Monster

A project of celebration and education around the groundbreaking French artist Jean Cocteau (1889 – 1963), his friends, and the Severin Wunderman Collection.

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