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Lot Essay
This platter is painted after a design by Anton Komashka, and is one of the few works by this artist known to exist. According to archival documents, only two platters titled A Worker with a Hammer after Komashka's design were produced in 1923. The second platter, numbered '465/1', is held in the collection of the Kuskovo Museum, Moscow (see B.I.Alekseev, Sovetskiy Hudozhestvenniy Farfor 1918-1923, Moscow, 1962, p. 26).
It is possible to suggest that the label under the base is an exhibition label from the Soviet Pavilion at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925. The Soviet Pavilion, designed by Konstantin Melnikov, consisted of a few buildings. One of them was called Torgsector and was located on the Esplanade des Invalides. As the name Torgsector [Sale Sector] suggests, the pavilion was dedicated to promoting Soviet products, including porcelain, books, textiles, etc.
We are grateful to Vladimir Levshenkov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.
It is possible to suggest that the label under the base is an exhibition label from the Soviet Pavilion at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925. The Soviet Pavilion, designed by Konstantin Melnikov, consisted of a few buildings. One of them was called Torgsector and was located on the Esplanade des Invalides. As the name Torgsector [Sale Sector] suggests, the pavilion was dedicated to promoting Soviet products, including porcelain, books, textiles, etc.
We are grateful to Vladimir Levshenkov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.