Sculpture “Nikitka in the Sandbox”

Technique: Porcelain, polychrome painting.
Size: Height 9.7 cm.

Sculpture “Nikitka in the Sandbox” (Sand Pies). USSR, Leningrad Factory of Porcelain Products (LZFI), author T. A. Fedorova. 1956-1967. Porcelain, polychrome overglaze painting. Height 9.7 cm. Marks: in blue: LZFI Tamara Adrianovna Fedorova (1928-2009) – porcelain sculptor, member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, member of the St. Petersburg branch of the Union of Artists of Russia. She worked at two leading enterprises of the porcelain industry – the Leningrad Factory of Porcelain Products (LZFI) and the “Krasny Farforist” factory in Chudovo. She is known for the works: 1950s – “Young Violinist” (“Off to Music”), “Speed Skater”, “Figure Skater”, “Young Footballer”, “Little Birch” (1953); 1960s – “Tea Drinking”, “African Woman with a Drum”, “Girl with a Mirror”. “Falling Leaves”, “Moving House”, “Chastushki” and many others. Her porcelain figurines are made in the best traditions of Socialist Realism. The porcelain miniatures reveal the theme of carefree Soviet childhood, telling of its most everyday, ordinary manifestations – sports, music, studying at school – all of it was meant to show how well and peacefully children live in the Soviet country.