VADIM ANDROUSOV (St. Petersburg, 1895-1975).
"Circus Acrobat".
Patinated terracotta.
Signed on the base.
Size: 25,5 x 19 x 11 cm.
Vadim Androusov grew up in a family interested in culture (his grandfather was the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, discoverer of Troy and Mycenae - which explains why many of Androusov's sculptures are inspired by Classical Antiquity). As an artist, he preferred the use of terracotta, plaster, wood or stone to bronze. Throughout his career as an artist, he exhibited his works at the Salon des Tuileries and the Salon des Indépendants. In parallel to his work as a sculptor, he collaborated with decorators and produced wall lights, furniture handles and lock escutcheons; throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, his creations adorned neoclassical furniture made by André Arbus and Jean Pascaud.