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----- Original Message -----
From: Dmitri Nabokov
> Dear Don(please post),
>
> Phillip Iannarelli's observations about the otherworldly physics of the
> chair are absolutely correct. I had decided not to make a fuss about it,
> since I doubt if it could be fixed, but it is curious. Let us just say
> it is something the Rukavishnikovs (old sailors) have hidden.
>
> DN
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phillip Iannarelli" iann88us@yahoo.com
> <mailto:iann88us@yahoo.com>
>
>
> The photo of VN's statue from this angle shows on odd
> looking chair. Only three legs? And is VN leaning back
> into the chair, precariously tipped to topple
> backwards?
> Phil Iannarelli
> ---------------------------
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Dmitri Nabokov
> >
> > To celebrate Father's 100th birthday the City
> > Council of Moscow presented to the city of Montreux
> > a statue of VN, sculpted by the Rukavishnikovs, a
> > father and son who believe they are distantly
> > related to my grandmother's family. The face and
> > figure are very good, considering that they were
> > done from photographs taken at various times. On the
> > other hand, the waistcoat and plus fours were not a
> > typical costume of Nabokov's. I saw them when the
> > statue was already cast and it was too late to make
> > changes. After a gala ceremony at which Moscow and
> > Montreux dignitaries and I spoke, the statue was
> > placed temporarily inside the main (lake) entrance
> > of the Montreux Palace. Now, an underground garage,
> > facing the hotel between the Grand Rue and the
> > lakeside promenade, has been completed, and topped
> > by a small park. It is there that the statue found
> > its permanent home. A letter of presentation from
> > Mayor Luzhkov is on display in the hotel's Bridge
> > Salon.
> >
> > I thought that my friends at Nabokv-L might like to
> > see this photograph, I believe the first one to be
> > published. It appeared in the May, 2003, issue of
> > the magazine Atmosfera together with other
> > Nabokov-and-Montreux-related materials.
> >
> > DN
> >
> > ATTACHMENT part 2 image/jpeg name=300ppi_a.jpg
>
>
>
----- Original Message -----
From: Dmitri Nabokov
> Dear Don(please post),
>
> Phillip Iannarelli's observations about the otherworldly physics of the
> chair are absolutely correct. I had decided not to make a fuss about it,
> since I doubt if it could be fixed, but it is curious. Let us just say
> it is something the Rukavishnikovs (old sailors) have hidden.
>
> DN
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phillip Iannarelli" iann88us@yahoo.com
> <mailto:iann88us@yahoo.com>
>
>
> The photo of VN's statue from this angle shows on odd
> looking chair. Only three legs? And is VN leaning back
> into the chair, precariously tipped to topple
> backwards?
> Phil Iannarelli
> ---------------------------
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Dmitri Nabokov
> >
> > To celebrate Father's 100th birthday the City
> > Council of Moscow presented to the city of Montreux
> > a statue of VN, sculpted by the Rukavishnikovs, a
> > father and son who believe they are distantly
> > related to my grandmother's family. The face and
> > figure are very good, considering that they were
> > done from photographs taken at various times. On the
> > other hand, the waistcoat and plus fours were not a
> > typical costume of Nabokov's. I saw them when the
> > statue was already cast and it was too late to make
> > changes. After a gala ceremony at which Moscow and
> > Montreux dignitaries and I spoke, the statue was
> > placed temporarily inside the main (lake) entrance
> > of the Montreux Palace. Now, an underground garage,
> > facing the hotel between the Grand Rue and the
> > lakeside promenade, has been completed, and topped
> > by a small park. It is there that the statue found
> > its permanent home. A letter of presentation from
> > Mayor Luzhkov is on display in the hotel's Bridge
> > Salon.
> >
> > I thought that my friends at Nabokv-L might like to
> > see this photograph, I believe the first one to be
> > published. It appeared in the May, 2003, issue of
> > the magazine Atmosfera together with other
> > Nabokov-and-Montreux-related materials.
> >
> > DN
> >
> > ATTACHMENT part 2 image/jpeg name=300ppi_a.jpg
>
>
>