Sculpture “Clown”

Technique: Porcelain, painting, gilding.
Size: 9.1 × 6.6 cm.

USSR, Dmitrov Porcelain Factory, author of the model S. M. Orlov, 1954-1965. Porcelain; painting, gilding. Mark: blue printed – “DFZ Verbilki”, “s 4”; markings. Condition: in good condition, signs of use, slight wear. Dimensions: height – 16 cm; 9.1 x 6.6 cm. Sergei Mikhailovich Orlov (1911-1971) – Soviet sculptor. People's Artist of the RSFSR. Stalin Prize laureate, second class. Worked in the field of monumental and easel sculpture. Author of a number of monuments (to Dmitry Dolgoruky in Moscow, to Afanasy Nikitin in Tver, compositions for the pavilions of VDNKh and the stations of the Moscow Metro), sculptural compositions based on Russian epics and fairy tales, and genre sculpture in porcelain and majolica. For the sculptural compositions “Mother”, “Alexander Nevsky”, “Fairy Tale” (porcelain) he was awarded the USSR State Prize (1946). For the composition “Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber” (porcelain) he was awarded a silver medal of the World Exhibition in Brussels (1958). D23/349-1/3