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Russian Suprematist Kazimir Malevich Style White Porcelain Tea Service for Two
About the Item
A vintage tea set for two in the style of Kazimir Malevich. The set consists of a tea pot with lid, a sugar bowl with lid and two tea cups. Three of the four pieces have a mark on the underside from the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory. The fourth (the covered sugar) has a mark on the underside that looks to be the 1923 Soviet era mark. The story behind this set is steeped (pun intended) in revolution. From the 'teapot blog site' online, "Since its foundation in 1744 the Imperial Porcelain Factory in Saint Petersburg, Russia had been producing high quality porcelain exclusively for the Tsar and the Imperial Court. Soon after the Bolshevik October Revolution of 1917 the factory was nationalized and renamed State Porcelain Factory. The old traditional bourgeois order was swept away and a revolutionary director was installed who invited artists with radical, modernist ideas to design avant-garde ceramics and porcelain that was "revolutionary in content, perfect in form and flawless in technical execution". During a very short but intense period, between the end of 1922 and April 1924, the Suprematists were allowed fearless experimentation with utopian, fresh, radical abstract designs based on square, circle and cross. The Suprematism founder and prophet Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935), one of the most important pioneers of geometric abstract art, designed here in 1923 his famous innovative, Suprematist teapot and teacups which were de-constructed arrangements of geometrical shapes. For some this irrational explosive teapot, with its shamelessly phallic spout, looked like a hurtling railway steam engine or it was categorized of "utilitarian irrelevance". Only a handful teapots were made in 1923 because during manufacturing at the State Porcelain Factory they faced several problems. When the factory Director noticed: "Mr. Malevich, your teapot does not pour well" Malevich replied: "it is not a teapot but the idea of a teapot"." The measurements of the teapot are approximately 6.75" high by 9.5" wide by 4" deep, the measurements of the covered sugar are approximately 5.5" wide by 4" high by 4" deep, the measurements of each cup are approximately 5.25" wide by 2.25" deep by 2.75" high.
- Similar to:Kazimir Malevich (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 6.75 in (17.15 cm)Width: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:20th Century
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. In good vintage condition with age appropriate wear.
- Seller Location:Atlanta, GA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7240238209392
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