120 - Aleksey Mikhailovich REMIZOV (1877–1957)

Aleksey Mikhailovich REMIZOV (1877–1957) Set of 3 C.A.S., 4 L.A.S. (in Russian), and 1 diploma addressed to Jurgis Jurgissovich BALTRUCHAITIS (1903–1988) between 1925 and 1926: -March 12, 1925: “If the weather doesn’t scare you off, come over on Wednesday the 17th in the evening, and if you have the books (…) Tomorrow I’m going to see Stravinsky.” -A sky-blue “simian” certificate awarded to Jurgis Jurgissovitch BALTRUCHAITIS on March 20, 1925, for Saint Émile’s Day at the Lion beer hall next to the Saint-Placide metro station, hereby accepted as a Knight of the First Rank of the Grand and Free Chapter of the Order of Monkeys. -April 17, 1925: Remizov apologizes for having to postpone an evening gathering at his home from the following day to the day after that, if it suits Jurgis Jurgissovitch. -May 12, 1925, Paris “Come this Sunday if you’re not busy; there will be Karaim with his niece, if *Rus. Sov.* No. 4 isn’t busy. Please bring also, I’d ask, *Dnen.* by Anna Grigorievna, which we’ve already had and which I’ve plastered all over with caravans. And also, please bring that mad parody book— I think it should be noted here in the “Suryev” section of Sovremennye Zapiski for *, to tease the dogs by listing the participants from Balmont to 9.” -C.A.S. dated July 28, 1925, in Paris, in which he invites Jurgis Jurigissovitch at 9:00 p.m. on the following Thursday. -November 20, 1925, Paris, regarding the constitution of his literary and recreational society Obiezvielvolpal (Obezvelvolpala: Obez’yanyey Velikoy i Vol’noy Palaty, translated by Remizov as “The Great and Free Chapter of the Order of Monkeys”), asking if he has any books by Turgenev. -May 26, 1926, Paris "Take a break from your studies and stop by our place tomorrow or Saturday evening, as always; I’ll show you the treasure trove of books Seraphima Pavlovna has, and then we’ll see how to // Dear Yurgis Yurgisovich, I ask you: take a break from your work, come by tomorrow, the 27th, or Saturday, the 29th, in the evening, as always; I’ll show you what Seraphima Pavlovna has in her book collection, and we’ll figure out what to do” —C.A.S., May 30, 1926, depicting the Chinese god of beggars at the Guimet Museum in Paris; he invites Jurgis Jurgissovitch five days later. "Dear Jurgis Jurgissovich, if you’re free on Friday (June 4), please come by! Alexei Remizov” MC Provenance -Jurgis Jurgissovich Baltruchaïtis (1903–1988), historian. -His wife, Hélène Baltruchaïtis (1908–2004), née Castel-Focillon, daughter of Henri Focillon (1881–1943). -Then by descent.