Sculpture “Indian”

Technique: Porcelain, painting.
Size: Height 17 cm.

Sculpture “Indian”. USSR, Cooperative artel “Progress”, author of the model Yu. P. Smirnov, 1946-1950. Porcelain, painting. Height 17 cm. No marks. The artel “Progress” was established after the war by government decision, along with many other artels, for the purpose of employing disabled people. The artel did not exist for long: porcelain production was wound down, and the artel was transferred to the jewellery department. In 1951, on the basis of the artel “Progress”, the Taugot brothers created the sculptures “Clown Karandash”, “Clown Oleg Popov with a Rooster”, and series of sculptures on the themes of the fairy tales “Buratino” and “Cipollino”.