April 25, 2024
Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927 incl. Marks / Rare Book
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173 color photographs with identifying captions, reproduced photos of marks, biographies of the artists, and a rich narrative on the history and production of Soviet ceramics make this book an invaluable reference. REVOLUTIONARY CERAMICS: SOVIET PORCELAIN 1917-1927 by Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, Rizzoli International Publications, N.Y., 1990. This rare out-of-print book focuses on porcelain manufactured after the post-revolution government in the USSR. "Although many aspects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath have been widely studied in the West, one of the most fascinating manifestations of artistic propaganda is still largely unknown. This book records the history of the output of the ceramics factories of Russia after the Revolution, both in a readable, informative text and with superb photographs. The manufacture of beautiful ceramics for the elite was well established in pre-revolutionary Russia, and in the wake of the Bolshevik victory. Lenin and Lunacharsky, head of the new Commissariat for Enlightenment, instructed the revolutionaries to use the stocks of blanks they found in the Imperial Porcelain Factory for the dissemination of pro-revolutionary propaganda. The results, lively, strong designs for objects as diverse as chess sets and inkstands, as well as the more usual cups and plates, provide vivid evidence of the
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