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Two Soviet Porcelain Figures of an Accordionist and a Dancer, Lomonosov State Porcelain Factory, Leningrad
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- both after 1923 designs by Boris Kustodiev (1878-1927), the Accordionist with impressed initials IK for factory modeler Ivan Kuznetsov, the Dancer with black jubilee mark for the 20th anniversary of the October Revolution and with partially obscured dedicatory inscription dated 1941, sold with caricature figure of actor Vasilii Kachalov designed by the Kukryniksy, Lomonosov Porcelain Manufactory, 1937
- Porcelain
- Height of Dancer 9 in.
- 22.9 cm
depicting a young man with an accordion and a young woman, both dressed for winter
Provenance
Skinner, Boston, August 25, 1995, lot 495 (Accordionist and Dancer)
Condition
overall good condition
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The playful couple recalls the many proletarian merrymakers who filled Kustodiev's canvases of the early 1920s. For other variants of these figures, see T.N. Nosovich and I.P. Popova, Gosudarstvennyi farforovyi zavod, 1904-1944, St. Petersburg, 2005, pp. 323, 325.