G. V. Tsvetkova, A. V. Ivanova

Vozvrashchenie legendy: k 265-letiiu Imperatorskogo zavoda (Return of a legend. [Published on the occasion of the] 265 anniversary of the Imperial Porcelain Factory; : 265-

St. Petersburg: Propileia, 2009. Sewn cl. This catalogue of works produced at Russia's and one of Europe's oldest porcelain factories publishes pieces from all periods of the factory's history. . The occasion for the publication is the anniversary of the factory founded in 1744 and the merger of its historical collection with the Hermitage Museum. Perhaps the most remarkable phase of the factory's career was its ability to transform from a producer of luxury items in the tsarist period to a maker of accessible high-quality goods incorporating the new aesthetics of the Soviet era, when artists like Kazimir Malevich, Sergei Chekhonin, Alexandra Shchekatikhina-Pototskaia authored designs, many examples of which are published here. Also extraordinary is the expression of benign empire in the figurines of the minority peoples of the Russian empire designed with artistic flair and ethnographic precision in details of costume and physiognomy. 251 p., 32 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. Item #3512
ISBN: 9785915420464

Price: $77.00