Leningrad Experimental Graphics Laboratory
The Leningrad Experimental Graphics Laboratory (LEGL) was a group of artists in Soviet Russia. It lasted from the time of Khrushchev's thaw to the dissolution of the USSR in 1992. LEGL was the graphics section of the state-run Artists' Union of the USSR and was based in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg).
The group drew international attention in 1962 when Eric Estorick, a London collector, staged a show of their work at the Grosvenor Gallery after buying more than 100 LEGL pieces during a 1960 trip to the Soviet Union. A selection of their work was shown in London again in 2019 at the Estorick Gallery.
In the 1970s, some LEGL works were bought by the Hebrew Home in Riverdale, New York City, where Estorick's father lived. These works were later included in a 2019 exhibit at the Derfner Judaica Museum, which is part of Hebrew Home. In 2017, a selection of LEGL artworks was displayed at the Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum in St. Petersburg.
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