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...paintings. So with Nasturtiums and 'The Dance' I, 1912; the figures dancing in a ring in the background are actually one of the mural-size canvases Schuhkin commissioned from Matisse in 1909 to decorate the stairwell of his house in Moscow, the gloomy, florid Troubetzkoi Palace. Matisse's frank acceptance of art as art's subject was most prophetic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Riches from Russia | 4/2/1973 | See Source »

...second time in eight months Princess Olga Troubetzkoi, late of the Philadelphia Social Register, was jugged in Manhattan, charged with running a high-toned bawdyhouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Mar. 30, 1942 | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

...months. Other heirs had claimed this was more than the income on her half-share, for the estate may be much less than the $2,000,000 Doug thought he was leaving, had asked that her allowance be reduced to $1,000 monthly. ∽∽ Princess Olga Troubetzkoi of the Philadelphia Social Register was arrested for running a high-toned bawdyhouse in Manhattan,∽∽ Ex-King Carol of Rumania was reported dickering for admission to the U.S. Reason: Cuban society wasn't having any of Elena Lupescu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jul. 14, 1941 | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

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