The Master and Margarita
From the album “Sculptures by Alexander Rukavishnikov”
This sculpture, incidentally, was luckier than the others: it did in the end find its place in Moscow—it was installed in the courtyard of the Bulgakov museum at Sadovaya 10.
As the polished bronze shows, museum guests photograph themselves to the fullest with their favorite heroes, grabbing Fagott under the invitingly extended elbow. It seems the sculptor counted on this and fashioned the composition with intent: in the photographs it turns out that Fagott looks at yet another uninventive visitor with open mockery, while Behemoth has turned away and is yawning.