BORIS LIFSCHITZ KNOWN AS BORIS SOUVARINE (1895-1984) THREE AUTOGRAPH POSTCARDS SIGNED «BS» TO HENRI DUSSAT
Lot 645
100200
1) Nice, 27 July 1972
Postcard signed «B.S» addressed to «Monsieur Henri Dussat-45, rue Damrémon-Paris 18e».
Blue ink. Stamp and postmarks.
Postcard representing a general view of the village of Peillon on the French Riviera.
In French. 10,5 x 14,5 cm
Wetness, otherwise good condition.
«... Everything is going according to plan so far. Two thirds of the family are together...
It would be better to nest on a peak, like Peillon, than in Nice, even far from the centre...
But it would be a privilege not given to anyone to attain. Many called, few chosen...»
2) Val André, 23 July 1973
Postcard signed «B.S» addressed to «Monsieur Henri Dussat-45, rue Damrémon-Paris 18e».
Blue ink. Stamp and postmarks.
Postcard representing a Breton thatched cottage.
In French. 10,3 x 14,8 cm
Good condition
«I let myself be kidnapped for a few days by the family and here I am in Brittany for a few days...
I don’t go out much, as I can’t walk. I read Balzac, Bertrand Russell and Papaioannou...»
3) Nice, 21 August 1977
Postcard signed «B.S» addressed to «Monsieur et Madame Henri Dussat-45, rue Damrémon-Paris 18e».
Blue ink. Stamp and postmarks.
Postcard representing the Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Nice.
In French. 10 x 14,7 cm
Good condition
«... In spite of the sad state of my eyes, and of everything else, I still wrote a paper for «E.O.» [Magazine, East & West].
What else can I do, since my physical condition hardly allows me to move? ...»
Boris Souvarine. Political activist, journalist, historian and essayist, Russian and French.
One of the great critics of Stalinism.