Vsevolod Meyerhold: A Soviet faience caricature bust, Pesochensky Faience Factory, Kirov, circa 1935

after the design by the Kukriniksy group, with stamped red factory mark

Excellent condition, with only a few small firing flaws.
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The director Vsevolod Meyerhold was one of the pioneering figures in experimental and early modern Russian theatre, known for developing a series of unique artistic methods and his avant-garde style. This early Soviet bust predated Meyerhold's prosecution for 'counter-revolutionary activities' during Stalin's purges of artists who denounced the Party-approved style of Social Realism.

For further information, please see T. Nosovich, I. Popova, Gosudarstvenniy Farforoviy Zavod, St Petersburg, 2005, p. 636.