NUREYEV RUDOLF Autograph Letter Signed Rudolf to Monique van

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TO FRIEND WHO HELPED FIND HIS MOTHER IN RUSSIA NUREYEV, RUDOLF. Autograph Letter Signed, "Rudolf," to Monique van Vooren ("Dearest Monique"), replying to her letter [present]: expressing thanks for what she has done, confessing that reading her letter was painful, reporting that he had got through opening night ["Nutcracker" at Teatro Colin in Buenos Aires], and stating that Wallace [Potts] made his life entertaining and that without him he would have died. 2 pages, 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; closed tears at top and right and left edges inexpertly repaired with cello tape (affecting text), folds. With the original envelope. Buenos Aires, 3 Apr[il] 1971 [from postmark]

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". . . I was staggered to read your letter quite not knowing how to react to it. Whole thing is quite painful and I was trying to keep it as far as possible. However these are duties which we cannot escape . . . .
with--three letters: Typed letter, unsigned, to Nureyev from Monique van Vooren, retained draft, in which she gives news of his family in Russia with whom he had lost touch, including the new addresses of his mother and sister. Np, 5 April 1971 Typed Letter Signed, by Nureyev's business manager Sandor A. Gorlinsky to Monique van Vooren, sending a letter to be forwarded to Nureyev's sister. London, 13 April 1971 A copy of the letter enclosed with Gorlinsky's letter.