COLETTE sends flowers for a "last melancholic Easter".

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette , known as COLETTE (1873-1954)

Autographed letter signed to her friend Twinka.

Two octavo pages on patterned, perforated paper.

[Easter 1944, according to a pencil note]

Floral collage at the top, annotated "Happy Easter"

"I want this to be our last melancholic Easter."

A moving letter from Colette, in the midst of war, sending her Easter greetings.

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"Dear Twinka, I kiss you again and again. I want these to be our last melancholy Easters , and I am always tenderly your Colette."

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