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They also have a kind of romantic lyricism suggested by the religious iconography, images from nature, such as birds, trees and flowers, and the general disposition and weaving together of individual scenes to make up the whole.\r\n\r\nShortly after graduating from art school Boris Zabirokhin made repeated trips to the remote and forgotten villages of northern Russia. His work has since been influenced by a mixture of nostalgia for his childhood holidays with his grandmother in one such village and his sympathy for the very difficult life of the villagers which persisted at least until the date these works were first designed in 1982. Other influences have been religion and Russian literature, particularly the work of the so-called 'country writers' and their empathy with the peasants. His work has a strong illustrative and narrative vein, often themed around children's stories and folklore.","physicalDescription":"Etching and drypoint on paper.  Centre image is a peasant with a horse- drawn plough, diagonally across the picture plane; above and behind him are other peasants, one handling cut saplings and two others fishing; in the foreground two women peasants are tending soil/plants, elsewhere in the image are a church, a bear, a bee keeper etc.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Zabirokhin, Boris","id":"A13033"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"printing ink","id":"AAT187371"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"etching","id":"AAT53241"},{"text":"drypoint","id":"AAT53228"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Etching and drypoint on paper","categories":[{"text":"Sport","id":"THES48893"},{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Illustration","id":"THES48938"},{"text":"Sport","id":"THES48893"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006BK2866"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLE","id":"THES49657"},"free":"","case":"MP","shelf":"283","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Russia","id":"x29110"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1993","earliest":"1988-01-01","latest":"1997-12-31"},"association":{"text":"Printed","id":"x46159"},"note":""},{"date":{"text":"1982","earliest":"1982-01-01","latest":"1982-12-31"},"association":{"text":"Etched","id":"x37737"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"E.1061-2003","id":"O103119"},"association":"Set"}],"creditLine":"Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"36.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"plate","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"27.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"plate","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Inscribed in pencil in cyrillic script in the artist's hand below the plate, with the title; the letters and numbers C3 and C4; the edition number 7/10 (IV); signature and the date -82-93","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"The letters C3 and C4 indicate that this is an intaglio process from metal. C3 is etching, C4 is drypoint. This method of indicating techniques by a letter and number code is widespread in Russia and Eastern Europe. Some Polish and Russian catalogues print the codes at the back for reference.\r\nThe edition number 2/10 (IV) indicates that this is the 2nd print made within a batch of 10 and that this is the fourth batch of ten that has been made. Many Russians adopted this system of spreading the printing of an edition over a long period of time. This was a rational response to the irregular availability of ink and paper. \r\n\r\nThe double date indicates that the  suite 'The Seasons' was originally produced in 1982 but the 93 probably refers to the date of this particular 'batch' ( see note above)."}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"'Spring', etching and drypoint by Boris Zabirokhin, Russia, etched 1982, reworked about 1993.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"A Time of Transition Bristol: Bristol Museums and Art Gallery, 1993","id":"AUTH405756"},"details":"","free":""}],"production":"There are four prints, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, of which the V&A has two, Spring: E.1060-2003 and Winter: E.1061-2003","productionType":{"text":"Limited edition","id":"THES48862"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Russia","id":"x29110"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"peasants","id":"AAT230852"},{"text":"ploughs","id":"AAT233317"},{"text":"horses","id":"x34864"},{"text":"fishermen","id":"AAT25608"},{"text":"churches","id":"AAT7466"},{"text":"bears","id":"x29380"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"Agriculture","id":"x35207"},{"text":"Spring","id":"AAT133097"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["E.1060-2003"],"accessionNumberNum":"1060","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":2003,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"2/10 (IV)","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-24","recordCreationDate":"2004-06-16","availableToBook":false}}