Mark MATVEIEVICH ANTOKOLSKY (1843-1902) (ALSO KNOWN AS Mark - Lot 129

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Mark MATVEIEVICH ANTOKOLSKY (1843-1902) (ALSO KNOWN AS Mark - Lot 129
Mark MATVEIEVICH ANTOKOLSKY (1843-1902) (ALSO KNOWN AS Mark MATVEVEEVIC ANTOKOLSKI) SCULPTOR & MANUFACTURER Émile MULLER & Cie (IVRY-PORT) "Ivan the Terrible (Tsar Ivan IV) Bust portrait after the full-length model created in [1871], from the edition by Émile Muller initiated around 1895, proof no. 1. Sculpture. Proof in polychrome enamelled stoneware. Early edition; one of the 3 proofs listed to date. Signed Marc ANTOKOLSKY towards the left shoulder, marked E. MULLER and the author's right stamp towards the base, the circular stamp circular stamp in hollow Émile MULLER accompanied by the mention Ivry - Paris, the stamp Reproduction prohibited and carries the N° 1 and the mention B.E.L. under the base. H.: 55 cm. (Alterations, wear and jumps to the enamel, scattered lichens on the surface). The present lot is the first bust made by Emile Muller and the only one of the three with this specific burned faience (N°1 BEC). The second version of Ivan the Terrible in ceramic bearing the (n°1B) under the base, was sold at Christie's in London on November 28, 2007, lot 14. The third version bearing (No. 2) under the base was sold at Christie's on May 28, 2012, lot 315. Provenance: - Former Yves Plantin Collection (Co-founder of the Galerie du Luxembourg). - Collection from Bordeaux around Art Nouveau. Public collections : Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg - The full-length model of Ivan the Terrible by Mark Antokolsky made in 1871 in bronze is in the collections of this institution under the inventory number SK-455. Bibliography and related work: Musya Glants - Where is my home? The Art and Life of the Russian Jewish sculptor Mark Antokolsky, 1843-1902 - Lexington Books, Plymouth, 2010. The full-length model of Ivan the Terrible by Mark Antokolsky, made in 1871 in bronze, currently kept in the Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg under the inventory number SK-455, reproduced on page 152, the detail of the head reproduced on page 153. Background: The full-length portrait of Tsar Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, was first exhibited in 1871 and was acquired on that occasion by by Emperor Alexander II for the Hermitage collection. This work was then transferred to the Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg where it remains today. Petersburg where it is still kept. This sculpture played an important role in the career of Antokolsky who was awarded the gold medal at the 1871 exhibition and received the title of academician. A marble print was later made for the Tretyakov State Gallery in Moscow; another print, this time in plaster, was commissioned in 1872 for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. This full-length Ivan the Terrible made Mark Antokolsky famous; so the sculptor decided to extract the bust from it and proofs in marble and bronze were produced, then an edition in ceramic, a material dear to the hearts of the Russians, was made by the Emile Muller factory in Ivry-Port (now Ivry-sur-Seine)
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