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Gabriel Yturri, 1864-1907

Nationality: Argentinian
Date of Birth: 1864.03.12
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Date of Death: 1907
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Identity:

Gabriel Yturri was the secretary and friend of the Symbolist poet Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac.

Life:

Beatrix Whistler refers to him as 'le Chancelier de fleurs', the Knight of the flowers, a name given to him by Montesquiou, as he often delivered bouquets of flowers from the poet (#13591).

Bibliography:

Munhall, Edgar, Whistler and Montesquiou. The Butterfly and the Bat, New York, 1995; Newton, Joy, La Chauve-Souris et le Papillon. Correspondance Montesquiou-Whistler, Glasgow, 1990.