54 - Georges Bogdanovich IAKOULOV (1885–1928)

Georges Bogdanovich IAKOULOV (1885–1928) A document printed in Russian with an autograph signature in ink and a date in pencil—"May 1906, Moscow"—featuring the artist’s work “Courses” (with tears) and an unpublished typewritten poem by Jurgis Kasimirovich BALTRUCHAITIS (1873–1944) addressed to Iakoulov, consisting of a sizain and three quatrains: “My dear Georges. Trouble again: In hours of idleness, in hours of toil, For the strength of thoughts and the color of dreams, I need plenty of cigarette papers, And I—bowing low to the ground— To you and my dear Natalie Earnestly—now, as in the past— I bow my head for the cigarette papers…” MC Provenance -Jurgis Kasimirovich Baltruchaïtis (1873–1944), Lithuanian diplomat and poet. -Their son, Jurgis Jurgissovich Baltruchaïtis (1903–1988), historian. -His wife, Hélène Baltruchaïtis (1908–2004), née Castel-Focillon, daughter of Henri Focillon (1881–1943). -Then through descendants.