Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009000, Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:53:29 -0800

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Fw: Fw: Ada's portrait?
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EDNOTE. Alexey's Serov picture of Adelaida Simonovich is a reasonable guess.
I've noticed that many of VN's descriptions of paintings differ from the
paintings themselves in various ways. Also it may be a composite. As to the
"sexy," Van's does not describe her as a beauty.

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From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
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> Although this painting does have a certain resemblance (especially the
> background and the girl busy reading) I always pictured Ada a lot more
> feminine. Perhaps because she is involved in so much sex and because of
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> "nyphetness" I sort of figured she'd be sexier. This painting does not
> really strike me as sexy...Anyone agree? Dane Gill
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