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EDNOTE. Estonian Nabokovian Grigori Utgof (who will be coming to the US to
continue his studies) has probably solved the mystery of where VN saw the
"man, horse, cock" architectural detail on Tolstoy's porch.
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:38:29 +0200
> From: Grigori Utgof <utgof@hot.ee>
> To: Grigori Utgof <utgof@tpu.ee>
> Subject: Re: Notes on Tolstoy photo in "The Vane Sisters" (fwd)
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:47:40 -0800
> > From: D. Barton Johnson <chtodel@cox.net>
> > Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > Subject: Notes on Tolstoy photo in "The Vane Sisters"
> >
> > EDITOR's ORIGINAL NOTE. [...] Alas, a browse through the three volumes
of
> Tolstoyana shows several pictures of Yasnaia Polyana, but I found none
that
> clearly showed the figured balustrade. Pictures on pages 315 [115. - G.U.]
> and 397 [297. - G.U.] may contain the porch but at least in the facsimile
> copies of the Literaturnoe nasledstvo held by the UCSB library the quality
> of the reproductions is too poor to make out any "man, horse, cock" image.
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UTGOF RESPONSE:
>
> Incidentally, I've got a 1939 copy of Literaturnoe nasledstvo at my place.
I
> should say that the picture on page 297 ("Uriadnik uvozit v ssylku iz
Iasnoi
> Poliany sekretaria L. N. Tolstogo N. N. Guseva. Na kryl'tse L. N. Tolstoi.
> Fotografiia 4 avgusta 1909 g[oda]. Tolstovskii muzei, Moskva") is clear
> enough to distinguish a "man, horse, cock" - or a "man, dog, fish" -
> image.
>
> Grigori Utgof
>
>
continue his studies) has probably solved the mystery of where VN saw the
"man, horse, cock" architectural detail on Tolstoy's porch.
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:38:29 +0200
> From: Grigori Utgof <utgof@hot.ee>
> To: Grigori Utgof <utgof@tpu.ee>
> Subject: Re: Notes on Tolstoy photo in "The Vane Sisters" (fwd)
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:47:40 -0800
> > From: D. Barton Johnson <chtodel@cox.net>
> > Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > Subject: Notes on Tolstoy photo in "The Vane Sisters"
> >
> > EDITOR's ORIGINAL NOTE. [...] Alas, a browse through the three volumes
of
> Tolstoyana shows several pictures of Yasnaia Polyana, but I found none
that
> clearly showed the figured balustrade. Pictures on pages 315 [115. - G.U.]
> and 397 [297. - G.U.] may contain the porch but at least in the facsimile
> copies of the Literaturnoe nasledstvo held by the UCSB library the quality
> of the reproductions is too poor to make out any "man, horse, cock" image.
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UTGOF RESPONSE:
>
> Incidentally, I've got a 1939 copy of Literaturnoe nasledstvo at my place.
I
> should say that the picture on page 297 ("Uriadnik uvozit v ssylku iz
Iasnoi
> Poliany sekretaria L. N. Tolstogo N. N. Guseva. Na kryl'tse L. N. Tolstoi.
> Fotografiia 4 avgusta 1909 g[oda]. Tolstovskii muzei, Moskva") is clear
> enough to distinguish a "man, horse, cock" - or a "man, dog, fish" -
> image.
>
> Grigori Utgof
>
>