denial of Alex’s declining health by
devotion to Bertrand of
disinterested in Alex’s career
dismissal from Saks of
distrust of Alex’s expanded social circle by
domestic disinterest of
dread of being alone of
drinking of
drug use of
earliest memory of
effect of Genna’s death on
elitism of
as émigré icon
encounters with Nazis of
English as spoken by
evacuation to Tours of
exhibitionism of
family of
final decline in health of
first marriage of
flamboyance of
Francine’s first evening gown selected by
Francine’s idolization of
and Francine’s writing success
friendship with Marlene of
friends’ reminiscences of
funeral of
generosity of
Genna’s audio tapes of
gravesite of
grooming rituals of
growing fame in fashion circles of
guilt over Bertrand’s death of
as hat designer
homesickness of
hospitality and entertaining style of
immigration to U.S. of
inability to share Bertrand’s death with Francine of
increased fussiness in old age of
invalid self-image adopted by
Jewish friends of
at La Croze
letters to mother of
loyalty to friends of
marital aspirations for Francine of
Mayakovsky affair kept quiet by
Mayakovsky’s relationship with
and Mayakovsky’s suicide
meetings with Kommandant Herbert of
meeting with Alex of
memorizing poetry talent of
as model
myths about
narcissism of
need for control of
opinion of Alex’s paintings
opposition to détente of
Paris arrival of
personality of
physical description of
preference for Russian culture in old age by
pregnancy of
professionalism of
profession of
proposed biographies of
puritanism of
reactions to Alex’s illnesses of
refuge from past sought by
restrictions imposed on
reunion with father of
revision of personal history by
rumors of Alex’s affairs and
rumors of Bertrand’s affairs and
at Saks Fifth Avenue
seasickness of
secretiveness of
self-involvement in old age of
snobbery of
soirees held by
spending habits of
split with Mayakovsky of
superstitions of
timidity concerning money of
travel disliked by
truce with Lili of
tuberculosis of
U.S. visa obtained by
Liberman, Tatiana du Plessix (cont.)
workshop of
see also Alex and Tatiana; Liberman family
Liberman family:
art collection of
Automat outings of
Bertrand’s death repressed in
breakfast habits
bridge parties held by
Central Park South apartment of
Christmas traditions of
Cleve’s relationship with
delegation of responsibility for Francine in
first American Christmas of
Francine’s adolescent rebellion and
friendship with Marlene of
outside financial support of
Russianness of household of
Seventieth Street brownstone home of
Seventy-third Street apartment of
socializing seen as career move by
social prominence of
summer homes of
“Libermánshchestvo,”
Lidova, Irène
Lieberman, William
Lisbon
Locke, Richard
Loewy, Raymond
Loewy, Viola
Long, Lois
Lopez-Willshaw, Patricia
Lorna Doone (Blackmore)
Louise (maid)
Louvre
Lovers and Tyrants (Gray)
Luftwaffe
lumber industry
Lunacharksy, Anatoly
Luxembourg
Lycée Français
McCardell, Claire
McCarthy, Eugene
McCarthy hearings
McClaughlin, Frances
Mademoiselle
Madrid
Magda (housekeeper)
Major Bowes Amateur Hour
Makarov, Vladimir
Mandel, Georges
Manziarly, Sasha de
Marchand, Paul
Margaret, Princess
Maria (maid)
Marinsky Imperial Ballet
Marlene (A. Liberman)
Márquez, Gabriel García
Martha’s Vineyard
Massey, David
matelem
Matisse, Henri-Émile Benoît
Maxwell, Elsa
Maxwell, Muriel
Mayakovsky, Vladimir
as cultural ambassador
distaste for children of
letters to Tatiana by
liaison with Lili of
masochism of
and news of Tatiana’s engagement
paranoia and hypochondria of
poetry of
politics of
Polonskaya and
public animosity towards
RAPP joined by
rehabilitated reputation of
statue of
suicide of
Tatiana’s affair with
Mayakovsky Museum
Melnikov, Konstantin
Mémorial des Compagnons
Mendès-France, Pierre
Menemsha Bay
Mensheviks
Menshikov, Prince
Messinesi, Despina
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metternich, Princess Tatiana
Meyerhold, Vsevolod
Michael, Grand Duke
Michaelis, Charles
Milhaud, Darius
Mili, Gjon
milk shortages
Miller, Lee
Minimalism
Minimum (A. Liberman)
Ministry of Agriculture, Russian
Ministry of War, French
Mirabella, Grace
modernism
Mohl, Ada
Molotov, Vyacheslav
Monestier, André
Monestier, Simone
Montias, John-Michael
Moore, Henry
Mortimer, Barbara Cushing
Moscow
housing shortage in
orphans in
Moscow Art Theater
Moses, Mabel
Moses, Matthew
Motherwell, Bob
“Mourning and Melancholia” (Freud)
Mout
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Munich accords
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
Alex’s exhibitions at
Nabokov, Nicolas
Nadine (school friend)
Nantes
Nast, Condé
National Geographic
Newhouse, Donald
Newhouse, Samuel
Newhouse, Samuel “Si,” Jr.
Newhouse, Victoria
Newman, Barnett “Barney,”
New Orleans, La.
Newton,
Helmut
New York City, N.Y.:
arrival of Liberman family in
art scene in
émigré society in
pro-European sentiment during World War II in
New Yorker
New York Herald Tribune
New York Post
New York Times
Nicholas, Czar, abdication of
Nixon, Richard
Novoye Russkoye Slovo
Occupied Zone
letters sent through
travel between Vichy Zone and
Odessa
OGPU, see Cheka
O’Hagan, Helen
Oldenburg, Prince
“open marriages,”
opium
Orlov, Nikolai Alexandrovich
Orlov, Lyubov Nikolaevna, see Iacovleff, Lyubov Nikolaevna
orphans, in Moscow
Oublier Palerme (Charles-Roux)
Pakistan
Paley, Babe
Paley, William
Palm Beach, Fla.
Pamir Mountains
Paris
evacuations of
German occupation of
goods abandoned during evacuation of
liberation of
Russian émigrés in
Parsons, Betty
Parsons Gallery
Pascar, Henriette
affairs of
Alex embarrassed by
Alex’s artistic success and
Alex’s financial support of
Alex’s relationship with
children’s theaters runs by
erotic behavior of
escape from Royan of
evacuation to Royan of
life in Paris of
meeting with Sasha of
need for violent psychodrama of
Parisian society of
sabotage of Alex’s first marriage by
Simon’s marriage to
snobbery of
Tatiana disliked by
theatrical ambitions of
Pasternak, Boris
“Past One O’clock” (Mayakovsky)
Patcevitch, Iva
career downfall of
as Condé Nast director
declining health of
disciplined character of
Francine’s continued contact with
luxuries sought by
marital difficulties of
relationship with Marlene of
snobbery of
social and artistic skills of
Patcevitch, Nada
morning routine of
as surrogate mother to Francine
Patchett, Jean
Patiñor
Patterson, Cissy
Patton, George
Pavlova, Anna
Pearl Divers, The (Iacovleff )
Pearl Harbor
Pechangco, Melinda
Alex’s remains with
jealousy of Tatiana’s memory of
Penn, Irving
Penney, Alexandra
Penza
People’s Commissariat for Education
Perm
Pétain, Marshal
Peters, Susan
Petipa, Marius
Petit, Roland
Petrograd
see also St. Petersburg
Pharaoh’s Daughter (Petipa)
Piaf, Edith
Picardy
Picasso, Pablo
Piguet, Robert
Plessix, Bertrand du
affairs of
Alex’s jealousy of
artistic and cultural interests of
cooking as relaxation for
courtship of Tatiana by
death of
depressive streak in
devotion to Hélène of
devotion to Tatiana of
diplomatic career of
diplomatic favors sold by
dismissal from Warsaw of
driving habits of
financial difficulties of
flying skills of
Francine and
on German threat
indulgence of Tatiana by
jealousy of Alex of
at La Croze
linguistic skills of
military service of
physical description of
recklessness of
refuge from past sought by
repatriation of
snobbery of
Tatiana’s family’s reaction to
typhoid and jaundice contracted by
use of title by
wishes for Francine’s future of
Plessix, Jochaud du
Plessix, Joseph du
Plessix, Tatiana du, see Liberman, Tatiana du
Plessix
Plessix family
vault of
Poelz, Dorke
Point, Victor
Poland
German attack on
Politburo
Pollock, Jackson
Polonskaya, Veronika “Nora,”
Polytechnique
Poole, Mary-Jane
Pop Art
Pope, Virginia
Popular Front
Port-Cros
Portes, Madame de
Port Jefferson
Potter, Pauline, see Rothschild, Pauline de Pravda
Prayers in Stone (A. Liberman)
Preobrazhenskaia, Nadezhda Romanovna
Prix Goncourt prize
Prokofiev, Sergey
Pushkin Square
Quai des brumes (Carne)
Queen Mary
Rauschenberg, Robert
Ravenel, Zozo de
Rawlings, Babs
Rawlings, John
Ray, Man
refugee children
Regan (nurse)
Renoir, Jean
Renta, Françoise de la
Renta, Oscar de la
Restaurant Prunier
Reynaud, Paul
Rhineland
Riley, Peggy
Robinson, Sally
Rochester, N.Y.
Rockefeller, Nelson
Rodchenko, Aleksandr
Romania
Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rose, Barbara
Rose, Joanna
Rosenberg, Harold
Rosenfeld, Isadore
Rostropovich, Mstislav
Roth, Philip
Rothko, Mark
Rothschild, Pauline de
Royan
Rumpelmayer’s
Russell, John
Russia:
hospitality as tradition in
lumber industry in
sumptuousness of aristocracy in
university system in
see also Soviet Union
Russian Association of Proletarian Writers (RAPP)
Russian Characteristics (Lanin)
Russian Futurism
Russian Revolution (1905)
Russian Revolution (1917)
Rykov, Alexis
Sablon, Jean
Sachs, Maurice
Sahara Desert
Sainte Maxime
St. Jean de Luz
Saint-Laurent, Yves
St. Petersburg
see also Petrograd
St. Petersburg Theatrical School
St. Piran’s School
Saks Fifth Avenue
Salem, Daniel
Salieri, Antonio
Samara
Samoilenko, Fat’ma Hanoum
Sanary
Santa Maria della Salute (A. Liberman)
Sargent, John Singer
Savarin’s
Savoy Ballroom
Schama, Simon
Scherer, Paul
Schiaparelli, Elsa
Schlee, George
School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Scripps Howard Co.
secret police, Soviet
Seitz, Will
iam
Selassie, Haile
Self
Sereny, Gitta
Shensheva, Bella
She-Wolf (Pollock)
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Shuvalov, Andrew “Andriusha,”
Shuvalov, Elena
Shuvalov, Peter
Siberia
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