The faience natural bristle shaving brush presented in the exhibition belonged to Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov. Discussions about the frequency of shaving and its quality can be found in both early and late texts of the writer,
Mikhail Bulgakov’s shaving brush
Creation period
the 1920–1930s
Place of сreation
the USSR
Dimensions
8,5x3x3 cm
Technique
bristles, faience, papier-mâché
Collection
0
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A Young Doctor’s Notebook” contains the following passage, “Above the upper lip is a firmly fixed strip, like a stiff yellowed toothbrush, cheeks have turned into a grater, so if my forearm itches during work, it is pleasant to scratch it with my cheek. It’s always like that when you shave not three times a week, but only once.
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And here is a quote from the unfinished “Notes of a Dead Man” (“Theatrical Novel”),
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I was perfectly combed, shaved so that when you stroke the back of the hand on the cheek you could not feel the slightest roughness, the judgments I pronounced were brief, intelligent, dazzling with knowledge of the issue…
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According
to the memoirs of his contemporaries, Bulgakov himself looked like this in real
life. Vladimir Lyovshin, the writer’s neighbor at number 10 on Bolshaya
Sadovaya Street, uses the same language when describing the appearance of
Mikhail Afanasyevich,
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What
dominates his appearance? In my opinion, elegance and neatness. Perfectly
white, starched collars and cuffs. A perfectly shaven face. A perfect parting.
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In almost all photos of Bulgakov we see a clean-shaven man in a good suit, bow tie, sometimes with a cigarette. Friends, family and acquaintances in the memories of Mikhail Afanasyevich invariably noted his desire to look decent and be elegant always. But Mikhail Bulgakov did not have the opportunity to dress well until after the extremely successful premieres of “The Days of the Turbins” and “Zoyka’s Apartment” in 1926.
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Now, when I was going to seal the letter, I found out that the shoes are not English, but American and on cardboard soles. My God, my God! I’m so sick of all this.
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Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
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Mikhail Bulgakov’s shaving brush
Creation period
the 1920–1930s
Place of сreation
the USSR
Dimensions
8,5x3x3 cm
Technique
bristles, faience, papier-mâché
Collection
0
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