This book is copyright. It may not be reproduced in
whole or in part in any form without permission.
Applications should be addressed to the publishers.

First Published December 1946

Sincere thanks are offered to all those who have helped to
provide this comprehensive picture of Russian art, especially
to the Directors of the Victoria and Albert and British
Museums for reproductions from the treasures, lithographs
and prints in their possession; to Thomas Stephenson,
Esq; to the Press Department of the Soviet Embassy; the
Society for Cultural Relations with the U.S.S.R.; the
Press Service Department of "Soviet Weekly" and to the
"News-Chronicle" for photographs; also to the "Print
Collectors' Quarterly", "Apollo" and the "Connoisseur"
for the use of material from articles by the author.

Printed in England by Edmund Evans, Ltd., London,
and published in London by The Studio Ltd., 66 Chandos
Place, W.C.2, and in New York City by The Studio
Publications Inc., 381 Fourth Avenue

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