The Impressed Image

Gallery - 'Russian Things'

Most of these prints are all from the 'Moscow Etching Gallery' which had an excellent website for about 2 years. It has subsequently vanished. Their 'Manager' was someone who worked for the Carnegie Foundation and I assume that he produced the site through his work, possibly unknown to his employers, as enquiries via them and the 'webmaster' as to how to contact him or the artists have been met by a stoney silence. Prints appeared from all over the place - an International mailbox in London, New York and other odd addresses. Money was transferred to an account (which kept changing) in the US, and presumably taken back to Moscow by hand. All very 'cloak and dagger'! I have a large pile of photocopies of other etchings, particularly by Leonid Zorin and Irina Makoveeva which are very fine and I regret not buying more. Irina actually came over to London and wanted to meet me. To my shame I chickened out - I think I was a significant source of income for a while and felt I couldn't match up to my status of 'our most esteemed and most valued customer'. They even sent me free etchings for Xmas. I still feel guilty. If you are out there, Kiril, Leonid, Vladimir or Irina - get in touch - I would love to buy some more!

The Trofimovs are from the bizarre 'Soviet Wholesale Carpet and Art Centre' in North London. Amongst a mountain of carpets (at very reasonable prices) they had a large collection of Russian prints from the 1940-1960 period that had been unearthed in the basement. These were things produced to Stalins orders by the finest Russian artists of the time to show the world how marvellous they were. The exhibition toured many countries over a 15 year period. As they were produced 'to order' the editions (if any) were tiny. Some of the other linocuts and wood engravings were by some very famous artists indeed, but many of the best were in rather poor condition. I took a fancy to these which had escaped damage. We got a very nice carpet too!

STOP PRESS! Irina has surfaced! She is selling on Ebay and via a Gallery in London - Garden of Eden

Gubaidulin by L Zorin	Kharlamov by L Zorin	Leonov by L Zorin
Nikireev by L Zorin	Smirnov by L Zorin	Self Portrait by L Zorin
Old Ladoga I by L Zorin	Old Ladoga II by L Zorin	Old Ladoga III by L Zorin
Snail by Irina Makoveeva	Frog by Irina Makoveeva	Siberian Tiger by V V Trofimov
Urgent Mail by V V Trofimov	Favourite Snail by Konstantin Chmutin	Vision by Oleg Denisenko
Seated Nude by Anatoly Lyubavin	Self Portrait by Andrei Shabunin	Old Woman by Andrei Shabunin
by R C Peter	Amish Brothers by	The White Shawl by Fred Carter
The Wayside Cross by Fred Carter	Self Portrait by Wyn Casbolt	The Doorway by W Fairclough
Untitled by Angela Fry	Grays Elegy by Robin Tanner	The Dream by Robin Tanner
Wiltshire Hedger by Robin Tanner	The Old Thorn by Robin Tanner	January by Robin Tanner
The Fishmonger by E White	Turkish Houses by M Ross	Marjorie by Mabel Royds
Saddhus Squatting by Marius Bauer	A Fairy Tale by Marius Bauer	Broadway by L R Conway
St Pauls by Emerson Groom	The Sapling by Anton Lock	Jodhpur Gate by E Lumsden
The Andalusian Maid by M Menpes	Breton Interior by M Menpes	Mrs Ronald Colman by M Menpes
Jerusalem by Theo Moore	Self Portrait by Barry Moser	Reverie by C J Nightingale

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