Re: statue of Lenin
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: statue of Lenin
- From: K* G*
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:31:50 -0600
- References: <39792BE7.5E49@sbtek.net>
Bob wrote:
> Anyone need a statue of Lenin. Here is one that starts at 30k and is
> 11.5 ft tall.
> http://search.sothebys.com/browse/viewLot/lotDetail.jsp?LOT_ID=1LM6
> --
> Bye
> Bob
> Bob Axmear 208 2nd St Ne Waukon,Ia 52172-1308
> http://www.hostasonline.com/ Hostasonline.com
> http://www.gardensights.com GARDENSIGHTS.COM
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I'd love to have one--but 30K! When I first started doing research in
Russia in the mid-1980s, there was one on every corner--you couldn't
swing a dead cat without hitting Uncle Lenin. Now most of them are
propped up in official statuary graveyards--awaiting buyers from the
West. These places are called "museums of urban sculpture". By the way,
I posed a hosta question to a group of Russian friends: "Are there any?"
I'd never seen any there--gardens are either Versailles-type formal
gardens at official buildings and palaces, or they are
cabbage/beet/potato plots tended by the urban poor. The answer came that
now some nouveau riche have decorative gardens on their property, but
hostas are not in evidence. I correspond with a hosta collector in
Sweden, where perennial greenhouses sell a wide variety of hostas; she
has a Russian brother-in-law, and he says he's never seen them there
either.
Kris
--
Kristi A. Groberg, Ph.D.
kgroberg@fargocity.com
"My goal in life is to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am."
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