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L'Inconnue de la Seine in Paris Museum
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EDITOR's NOTE. NABOKV-L thanks Dr. Delalage-Toriel who included an image
of L'Inconnue de la Seine" that I shall try to send separately. I
published a article "'L'Inconnue de la Seine' and Nabokov's Naiads in
_Comparative Literature_ vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 225-248 that also includes
a picture. "L'Inconnue" is one of the icons in a series of VN's
"Ophelia' images.
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Subject: L'Inconnue de la Seine
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:25:20 -0400
From: Terri Delage-Toriel <aleaparis@compuserve.com>
To: Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Dear List,
if ever any of you are planning to visit Paris during the month of May,
you may like to pop into the Musee d'Orsay, where the mortuary mask of
the
Inconnue de la Seine, which inspired one of Nabokov's poems, is on
display, among more famous figures like Victor Hugo, Napoleon, Wagner,
etc. The exhibition is called 'Le Dernier Portrait' and runs until 26th
May. The girl bears such a serene smile it is difficult to believe she
drowned. She also inspired Aragon and Man Ray, who illustrated one of
Aragon's novels, *Aurelien*, with collage representations of the mask.
Incidentally, various models of this mask may be purchased from the
Reunion des Musees Nationaux.
Lara Delage-Toriel
of L'Inconnue de la Seine" that I shall try to send separately. I
published a article "'L'Inconnue de la Seine' and Nabokov's Naiads in
_Comparative Literature_ vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 225-248 that also includes
a picture. "L'Inconnue" is one of the icons in a series of VN's
"Ophelia' images.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: L'Inconnue de la Seine
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:25:20 -0400
From: Terri Delage-Toriel <aleaparis@compuserve.com>
To: Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Dear List,
if ever any of you are planning to visit Paris during the month of May,
you may like to pop into the Musee d'Orsay, where the mortuary mask of
the
Inconnue de la Seine, which inspired one of Nabokov's poems, is on
display, among more famous figures like Victor Hugo, Napoleon, Wagner,
etc. The exhibition is called 'Le Dernier Portrait' and runs until 26th
May. The girl bears such a serene smile it is difficult to believe she
drowned. She also inspired Aragon and Man Ray, who illustrated one of
Aragon's novels, *Aurelien*, with collage representations of the mask.
Incidentally, various models of this mask may be purchased from the
Reunion des Musees Nationaux.
Lara Delage-Toriel
