'Mother, absolve all the children'

Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1866-1941)
'Mother, absolve all the children'
Autograph letter signed ('D. Merejkovsky') to an unidentified recipient ('Cher Monsieur'), n.p., 16 December 1925.

In French. One page, 278 x 215mm. Provenance: Ader Nordmann, Paris, 7 December 2017, lot 228

A phrase of prayer. 'This is the phrase I prefer: / "Mother, absolve all the children, save them, protect them!" (prayer of Div, priestess of the Celestial Virgin, in the "Birth of the Gods"). / I prefer this phrase-prayer because it is simple and eternal'.

[Together with:] typescript signed by René Doumic, Maurice Paléologue and others of an appeal in favour of Merezhkovsky, n.d., 5 pages; with related autograph letters signed by Doumic and by Maurice Prozor (the author of the appeal); and autograph notes signed by Paul Claudel, François de Curel and André Antoine (together), Claude Farrère and Georges Lecomte, expressing support, 1925-1926 and n.d.

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