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The house gods of Elie Nadelman. (Art).

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| May 01, 2003 | Panero, James | COPYRIGHT 2003 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Where lies the final harbor whence we unmoor no more? Where is the foundling's father hidden? Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them: the secret of our paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it.

--Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

Elie Nadelman died on December 28, 1946. Within the week, the art enthusiast Lincoln Kirstein, best known as general director of the New York City Ballet, paid a visit to the Nadelman home in Riverdale, The Bronx. The estate was a bohemian plot called Alderbrook. In the final years of his life, Nadelman had suffered many personal and professional setbacks: the loss of much of his ...

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