Matveev, Aleksandr Terent’evich
Volkhovskaia farforo-faiansovaia fabrika «Komintern»
Caryatid (Kariatida, ili Obnashennaya, idushchaya s chashey na golove)
1923
Sergei Vasil’evich Chekhonin (1878–1935), designer of painted ornament;
Mariia Petrovna Kirillova, painter (1896–1970?)
21 x 6.4 x 8.3 cm
Designed 1923; produced 1925
Marks: Base, back: Mark ‘41’ in black overglaze; ‘Ск.[ульптора] Матвеева’ [Sk. Matveeva] for Sculptor Matveev, ‘1925.’ and ‘По рис. Чехонина’ [Po ris. Chekhonina] (after a sketch by Chekhonin) in black overglaze italic Cyrillic letters; monogram of the painter Mariia Petrovna Kirillova ‘MK’ [МК] in black overglaze
cat. no. 82
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