Oct 17, 2024 10:00 EST
Old Masters / Collection of Eldo Netto / Silver / Russian Art / English & Continental Furniture
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Rare Soviet Porcelain Group of "Radio for the Village"
State Porcelain Manufactory, Leningrad, 1927
After the model by Naum Kongiser, modeled as a boy with red pioneer kerchief playing the radio for an elderly peasant man wearing headphones and seated on a tree trunk, incised on base N. Kongiser 1927, the underside with impressed hammer, sickle and cog mark and Cyrillic initials AL. Height 10 inches (25.4 cm).
Acquired by the family of the present owner in Europe between 1950 and 1985.
Sculptor Naum Kongiser (1904-1984) trained at the former Academy of Arts in Leningrad. Following his graduation in 1926 from the sculpture department, he worked for the State Porcelain Manufactory and created the present composition, Radio for the Village. An example of the propaganda works produced by the manufactory during the 1920s, it embodies the goal of the revolution in reeducating an older and often illiterate population. Radio for the Village was released in a small edition and it was featured in anniversary and international exhibitions, including Art of the Peoples of the USSR, Moscow, 1927, which commemorated the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution.
Another example of this model was sold Christie's, London, November 25, 2019, lot 443.
$15,000 - $25,000
State Porcelain Manufactory, Leningrad, 1927
After the model by Naum Kongiser, modeled as a boy with red pioneer kerchief playing the radio for an elderly peasant man wearing headphones and seated on a tree trunk, incised on base N. Kongiser 1927, the underside with impressed hammer, sickle and cog mark and Cyrillic initials AL. Height 10 inches (25.4 cm).
Acquired by the family of the present owner in Europe between 1950 and 1985.
Notes:
Sculptor Naum Kongiser (1904-1984) trained at the former Academy of Arts in Leningrad. Following his graduation in 1926 from the sculpture department, he worked for the State Porcelain Manufactory and created the present composition, Radio for the Village. An example of the propaganda works produced by the manufactory during the 1920s, it embodies the goal of the revolution in reeducating an older and often illiterate population. Radio for the Village was released in a small edition and it was featured in anniversary and international exhibitions, including Art of the Peoples of the USSR, Moscow, 1927, which commemorated the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution.
Another example of this model was sold Christie's, London, November 25, 2019, lot 443.
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Auction: Old Masters / Collection of Eldo Netto / Silver / Russian Art / English & Continental Furniture, Oct 17, 2024
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Auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 10am
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Comprising Lots 1 – 72 in the Sale
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
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NEW YORK, NY – Doyle's auction on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 10am will present Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints. The sale showcases a wide range of landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and religious and mythological subjects by European artists from the Renaissance through the 19th century.
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