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Afghan Woman Removing Her Chador, Lomonosov State Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, modelled circa 1935, painted circa 1955
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- porcelain
- height 21.7cm, 8 1/2 in.
after a 1927-1928 design by Elizaveta Tripolskaia, modelled by Ivan Kuznetsov, impressed factory mark dated 1929, impressed initials IK (Cyrillic), numbered II
Exhibited
Pushkin Museum, no. 34
Literature
Oda k Radosti/Ode to Joy, p. 131, cat. no. 84; for comparison, see Nosovich and Popova, pp. 403 and 596.
Condition
Excellent condition. Minor wear and minor firing flaws.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The Soviet authorities, when faced with the lack of an urban proletariat in Soviet Central Asia, turned to women as a repressed 'surrogate proletariat'. The tradition of veiling embodied and enforced women's subordinate status by precluding their participation in public and political life. In 1926 the party launched a campaign known as khudzhum against the segregation of the sexes; the subject of the woman unveiling was officially promoted by painters, sculptors and photographers. Dziga Vertov’s 1934 film Three Songs about Lenin is an example still remembered today.
The present model was produced in two different versions, the first with a typical oval base and the second with a smoother base on which the figure stands atop a map of Afghanistan. The present lot is of the latter design, although the map has not been included. Based on her study of the Lomonosov archives, Elvira Sametskaia has suggested that Tripolskaia designed this model as part of a group of three Eastern figures while still a student at VKhUTEIN. For further information, see E. Sametskaia, Sovetskii agitatsionnyi farfor, Moscow, 2004, pp. 310 and 313, and for other figures from this group, see Sotheby's New York, 12 April 2011, lots 167 and 168.
The present model was produced in two different versions, the first with a typical oval base and the second with a smoother base on which the figure stands atop a map of Afghanistan. The present lot is of the latter design, although the map has not been included. Based on her study of the Lomonosov archives, Elvira Sametskaia has suggested that Tripolskaia designed this model as part of a group of three Eastern figures while still a student at VKhUTEIN. For further information, see E. Sametskaia, Sovetskii agitatsionnyi farfor, Moscow, 2004, pp. 310 and 313, and for other figures from this group, see Sotheby's New York, 12 April 2011, lots 167 and 168.