ROBERT ROBERTOVICH BACH (1859–1933) Bust of Piotr Tchaikovsky

Kasli Foundry, Ural, Russia cast after the model of the sculptor Robert Bach created in 1888 signed in Cyrillic ‘R. R. Bach’ (on the reverse), stamp of the Foundry in Kasli and dated ‘Kas.Z.1906’, master’s mark (on the underside) cast iron H. 31 cm, base 10 х 10 cm 1906 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) was a Russian composer, symphonies, musical playwright, creator of the highest operas images, ballets, symphonic and chamber works Robert Bach was a Russian sculptor, working in monumental and easel sculpture, plastic, decorative and applied art. He worked with the Kaslinsky Foundry in Ural for 15 years. Robert Bakh created a series of sculptural portraits of important Russian cultural figures, including the bust of Piotr Tchaikovsky, that the Kaslinsky foundry started to cast in 1896.