move back to Paris of
Nada as surrogate mother to
on parents’ ambitions
past repressed by
phobias of
psychoanalysis of
reaction to Tatiana and Alex’s marriage plans by
religious education of
rumors on parentage of
at Sainte Maxime
in school plays
search for Mayakovsky letters of
sleeping pills used by
sojourn with Greenes of
sojourn with Leytesses of
in Soviet Union
Stony Brook summers of
surrogate families sought by
Tatiana idolized by
Tatiana mourned by
at Tatiana’s gravesite
Tatiana’s relationship with
Tours car accident of
U.P. wire job of
U.S. visa obtained for
Wileys’ affection for
worries about father’s absence of
writing career of
see also Liberman family
Gray, Luke
Gray, Oliver
Gray, Thaddeus
Great Britain
Soviet Union trade missions in
war declared by
Great Sex (Penney)
Greenberg, Clement
Greene, Justin
Greene, Patricia
Gregory, George “Grisha,”
Gregory, Lydia
Groton-St. Mark’s Christmas dance
Guderian, Heinz
Guggenheim Museum
Guinness, Gloria
Guinzbourg, Nicolas de
Gujan-Mestras
Gunther, Jane
Gunther, John
gypsies
Haardt, Georges-Marie
death of
Hanoum, Fat’ma, see Samoilenko, Fat’ma Hanoum
Harper’s Bazaar
hats:
decline in popularity of
designed by Tatiana
historical associations of
Hautes Études Commerciales
Havas, Agence
Hayworth, Rita
Hearst, William Randolph
Hearst Publications
Heineman, Murk-Hein
Henri Bendel
Hess, Thomas
High Church Anglicanism
Hindu Kush
Hitchcock, Alfred
Hitler, Adolf
“Hitler Arms,”
Hoffman, Malvina
Hoguet, Helen
Holland
Honeyman, Donald
Honeyman, Gitta Sereny, see Sereny, Gitta
Hong Kong
Horowitz, Vladimir
Horst, Horst P.
House and Garden
Houston, Lance
How to Make Love to a Man (Penney)
Hughes, Robert
Huguenots
Huyningen-Huene, George
Huxley, Aldous
Iacovleff, Alexandra “Sandra”
singing career of
Iacovleff, Alexandre “Sasha”
African expedition of
Alex as apprentice to
art library
Asian expedition of
in Beijing
in Boston
death of
elitism of
gift for drawing of
growing fame of
Henriette meeting with
legendary generosity of
love affairs of
love of travel of
multifaceted talents of
in Paris
physical description of
self-doubt of
society portraits by
Tatiana’s relationship with
unhappiness in U.S. of
Iacovleff, Alexei Evgenevich (Tatiana’s father)
departure from Russia of
divorce of
fascination with radio of
Francine’s sojourn with
gambling of
joylessness of
at Kodak
as reformed gambler
reunion with daughter of
in San Francisco
in Shanghai
soliloquies of
Iacovleff, Evgeny Alexeevitch
Iacovleva, Ludmila “Lila” (Tatiana’s sister)
Iacovleva, Lyubov Nikolaevna (Tatiana’s mother)
divorce of
remarriage of
Tatiana’s letters to
Iacovleva, Masha
Iacovleva, Sofia Petrovna “Babushka,”
Alexei tracked down by
death of
Iacovleva, Vera
Imchenetsky, Monsieur
Imperial Art Academy
Impressionism
International Herald Tribune
Italy
Ivanovna, Ekaterina
Jackson, Alexei “Al,” see Iacovleff, Alexei Evgenevich
Jackson, Eugene “Jika,”
Jackson, Zinaida
Jakobson, Roman
Jane (school friend)
Janis, Sidney
Japan
jaundice
Jean (household helper)
Jeanmaire, Zizi
Jeannette (school friend)
Jewish Museum
Jews
see also anti-Semitism
Joffe, Constantin “Kostia,”
Johns, Jasper
Jones, Elly
Julia (classmate)
Kamenev, Lev
Kamins, Andrew
Kandinsky, Wassily
Kataev, Valentin
Kazanjian, Dodie
Kelly, Ellsworth
Kennan, George
Kennedy, John F.
Kierkegaard, Søren
Kiev
Kiev, University of
King, Cecil
King, Marshall
kisel
Klein, William
Kling, André
Kodak Company
Kommandant Herbert
Kornfeld, Albert “Albie,”
Kramer, Hilton
Krasin, Katia
Krasin, Leonid
Krasin, Liuba
Krasin, Ludmilla
Krasin family
Kremlin
Kupka, Frantisek
Kuzmin, Alexandr Petrovich
Kuzmin, Piotr
La Croze
La Malène
Lamarr, Norvell
Lanin, E. B.
Laromiguière, Claude de
Latham, François
Laval, Pierre
Lawson, Wayne
Layman, Elaine
Layman, William
Lazarus, Hyman
Lebeau, Jacques
Lebrun, Albert
Leclerc, General
Left Front of Art,
Léger, Fernand
Le grande illusion (Renoir)
Lehmann, Bob
Leibovitz, Annie
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
New Economic Policy of
shrewdness of
Simon and
strokes of
Le Rayon vert (Verne)
Lerman, Leo
Le Roy, René
Le Sphinx
Les Recettes de Cosette (C. Vogel)
Les Roches
“Letter to Comrade Kostrov on the Essence of Love” (Mayakovsky)
“Letter to Tatiana Yakovleva” (Mayakovsky)
Leval, Beatrice
Leval, Fernand
Leval, Pierre
Leytess family
Lhote, André
Liberman, Alexandre
adaptability of
American citizenship of
Arthurian legends as passion of
artistic experimentation of
artistic success of
artistic talent and interests of
Artist in the Studio portraits by
art wo
rld friends of
biography planned by
birth of
bleeding ulcers of
book on Tatiana proposed by
books published by
capriciousness of
career success of
childhood of
circle paintings of
at Condé Nast
death of
declining health of
delusions of grandeur of
diabetes of
disciplinary problems of
dismissal of family by
early affairs of
early childhood of
effect of publishing success on artistic efforts by
emigration from Russia of
energy displayed by
escape from Royan of
evacuation to Royan of
evolving painting style of
exams of
exhibition of works by
expanding social circle of
expansion and retooling at Conde Nast by
famed devotion to Tatiana of
final decline of
financial support of Tatiana’s relatives by
first marriage of
first meeting with Tatiana of
fragile health of
as Francine’s key parental figure
Francine’s relationship with
freelance jobs of
gambling of
grooming rituals of
growing hypochondria of
as head of household
Henriette as embarrassment to
humor of
as ill at ease amongst intellectuals
immigration to the U.S. of
increased curtness in old age of
isolation from Francine of
jealousy of
at Les Roches
love of publicity of
maternal relationship of
meeting with Nast of
Melinda’s marriage to
Melinda’s relationship with
mementos of Tatiana put aside by
mustache ritual of
1937 breakdown of
nostalgia for Tatiana of
nude photos of Francine taken by
old friends denied access to
outward appearance emphasized by
painting habits of
painting of
parents’ artistic aspirations for
perfectionism of
personal charm of
personality changes in
photographers recruited and championed by
photography as passion of
photomontage covers for Vu by
physical description of
post-Tatiana tastes and impulses of
protection and indulgence of Tatiana by
as protofeminist
public image of
public speaking dreaded by
purchase of Sasha’s books by
rapid promotions of
reaction to Tatiana’s drinking by
relations with authority of
religious sensibility of
resignation from Vu of
rumored affairs of
Russian language as a passion of
Sasha as mentor of
Sasha’s art library and
sculpting as financial strain on
sculpting of
and search for Mayakovsky letters
self-absorption of
Seventieth Street brownstone sold by
sexuality and sexual naïvete of
Simon and
snobbery of
social pragmatism of
social success of
stay in England of
stoicism of
strict diet of
talent for self promotion of
taste for opulent living of
Tatiana’s belongings ordered moved by
after Tatiana’s death
Tatiana’s declining health as trap for
tremors experienced by
U.N. Plaza apartment of
U.S. visas obtained by
U.S. visas sought by
view of photography of
visits to Kremlin by
Vogue covers by, at Vu
workplace behavior of
youth in Paris of
see also Alex and Tatiana; Liberman family
Liberman, Alexandre and Tatiana, relationship of:
affair
arrogance of
at Chatou
correspondence of
declining health’s impact on
Liberman, Alexandre and Tatiana (cont.)
fame and glamour sought by
food as fixation of
Francine’s discovery of marriage of
as grandparents
Hillside home of
living at Sainte Maxime
loss of staff by
marriage of
minimal libidos of
myth of perfect marriage upheld by
Pat’s estrangement from
Pat’s reliance on
pornographic movies watched by
power lunches held by
reaction to Lovers and Tyrants of
red roses in erotic lexicon of
registered nurses employed by
second child considered by
social circle of
wine collection of
Liberman, Genrieta Mironovna, see Pascar Henriette
Liberman, Simon Isaevich
affairs of
Alex and
and Alex’s emigration from Russia
Cheka investigation of
education of
estates managed by
fall from power of
financial losses of
Henriette’s marriage to
as high-ranking Soviet government functionary
and Lenin
life in Paris of
mystical streak of
in New York
radicalism of
removal of holdings from Russia by
Russian lumber industry and
stipend for Alex from
trade missions of
U.S. visa for Alex sought by
weekly family dinners with
work for Petrograd Soviet of
as writer
Liberman, Tatiana du Plessix
aesthetic of
affair with Wormser of
Alex’s devotion to
Alex’s protection and indulgence of
American food adored by
anticommunist scruples of
as arbiter of fashion
artistic influences and tastes of
Ausweis given to
at Bendel’s
Bertrand and
Bertrand’s dismissal from Warsaw and
Bertrand’s illness and
Bertrand’s courtship of
breakfast habits of
car accidents of
claustrophobia of
client relationships of
company of artists disliked by
contrabandist run to Paris of
as creation of Sasha
criticism of Francine’s appearance by
death of
declining health of
decorative tastes of
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