How to get Permission from the Russian Museum

[Margaret Anne Samu]

Dear Jane (and anyone else interested),

The contact person for images and rights at the Russian Museum is Vera Vladimirovna Kesenikh. She works in the office responsible for images and rights--I don't recall its official name--but ultimately you will have to write a letter asking permission from Evgenia Petrova, the deputy director of research. The letter will have to list the subject of your work, the name of the publication, and the expected print run. If you know that a photograph of the work in question already exists, you should mention that so they don't charge you for photography, only rights. The pricing process is not transparent--I'm under the impression that they charge as much as they think you can pay. When I went through the process two years ago, I wrote that the publication was scholarly, not commercial, etc., and they charged me less than some others I'd heard of. 

Vera Vladimirovna's e-mail is <vera.kessenich at gmail.com>
and I have two phone numbers for her: 812-347-87-29 and 812-282-81-07 (the first one is marked with an arrow in my notes).
She is very forthcoming and will explain the whole process for you.

Good luck!
Margaret

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Margaret Samu
Ph.D. Candidate in Art History
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
1 East 78th Street
New York, NY  10075

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