Subasta Bidspirit | REMIZOV ALEKSEY: (1877-1957)

REMIZOV ALEKSEY: (1877-1957) - REMIZOV ALEKSEY: (1877-1957) Russian modernist writer whose creative imagination veered to the fantastic and bizarre. Remizov was also an expert calligrapher who sought to revive this medieval art in Russia. A fine, visually attractive dark fountain pen ink signature ( 'Alexei Remizoff' ) and a few lines of text in his hand, in French and Russian, on an oblong 12mo card, Rue Las Cases (Paris), 22 nd April 1939, to Monsieur et Madame A[lexandre] Benois, announcing a happy family event. With a small silver colour foil sticker with a pink illustration of a basket of flowers neatly affixed to the upper left corner. About EX Alexandre Benois (1870-1960) Russian artist, art critic and historian who worked as a designer for the Ballets Russe under Sergei Diaghilev.