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Dec 20, 2021
Moscow, embankment of Taras Shevchenko, d. 3, Russia
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LOT 544:

A collection of author's sketches for the design of the Azerbaijan pavilion at VDNKh. Artist Toropov Yu.A. (part 2)


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A collection of author's sketches for the design of the Azerbaijan pavilion at VDNKh. Artist Toropov Yu.A. (part 2)
12 sheets. Sizes: 36 to 48 cm. Pencil on paper.

Toropov Yuri Alekseevich (born 1931) - member of the Union of Artists of the USSR and Russia. Honored Artist of Azerbaijan since 1972. For many years he worked as chief production designer at the Baku Russian Drama Theater named after. S. Vurgun. Until 2000, he worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Works are in many Russian embassies around the world, as well as in private collections both abroad and in Russia. Participated in the design of the Azerbaijan pavilion at VDNKh.

The pavilion was built in 1939 by the architects Sadikh Dadashev and Mikael Useinov. The appearance of the pavilion was decided in the style of the Stalinist Empire style with the addition of Azerbaijani ethnic motives. In the plan, the pavilion is rectangular, the walls are faced with marble, the main facade is decorated with a 16-meter two-column portico, decorated with folk patterns, gilded lattices and ornamental painting on gold with the image of vines. On the frieze of the portico there was an inscription "Azerbaijan SSR" in Azerbaijani and Russian languages. The pavilion windows were decorated with shebeke - carved wooden lattices with colored glass inserted in them. The exposition of the pavilion was dedicated to the achievements of the Azerbaijan SSR in the field of industry (especially oil production), animal husbandry, sericulture, crop production, agriculture, as well as culture, art and everyday life. In 1959, the pavilion was partially reconstructed by adding a hall with a greenhouse to it, in which plants brought from the republic were grown. In the center of the greenhouse there was an aquarium with fish from the Caspian Sea.
In 1964, the theme was completely changed, and the pavilion housed the Computing Machinery exposition, which showed visitors the latest developments of Soviet designers in this industry and the production of electronic computers and control machines in the Soviet Union.
In 1967, the pavilion was reconstructed according to the project of the architect L. I. Marinovsky, which changed its appearance beyond recognition. The main facade was closed with a blank metal box with a glazed first floor. On the new façade, the metal letters "BT" ("Computing Machinery") were placed. At the same time, the historical facade was not damaged during the reconstruction and remained inside.