In the alcove to the left of the fireplace is a lovely, father’s intimate sketch of his eldest son, Boris [1] –with his typically heavy jaw, eyes down, reading.
When Leonid and Rosalia went to Germany, they left Boris and Alexander behind them in Moscow. Boris was already a leading young poet, and Alexander was becoming a successful architect.
Both of them managed to visit their parents in Germany [between 1923-4]. Alexander was awarded a year's visa abroad in recognitions of his work on Lenin’s mausoleum.
Boris got a similar visa to visit his parents because he too was, you know, of use to the state. It's an affectionately [straightforward] image of him.
You will find many other images of Boris. On the stairs is a lovely one of him as a young man, his beard just beginning to grow [2] before he started shaving. [The best is a dramatic profile against a magnificent sunset.[3]; the sweetest is of him as a child [4]. But this sketch, made in Berlin in 1923, is the last. They never met again.]
The Garden Room
Portrait of Boris Pasternak
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The picture that is really lovely is in the corner to the left of the fireplace, which is a very intimate sketch of Boris with his typical heavy jaw, eyes down reading.
When Leonid and Rosalia went to Germany, they left Boris and Alexander behind them in Russia. Boris was already a leading poet, Alexander was becoming a successful architect.
Both of them managed to visit their parents in Germany in about 1924 because Alexander got a year's life of visa abroad because of the mausoleum for Lenin.
Boris got a similar visas in order to visit his parents because he was, you know, of use to the state. And it's a, it's a very nice, very characteristic sketch of him.
And you will find some other portraits of Boris on the stairs. A lovely one of him as a young man, his beard just beginning to grow before he started shaving.
