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	We acquired this object.
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1932	Work on this object ended.
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Vase, The Seasons

This is a vase. It was manufactured by Cowan Pottery Studio. It is dated 1931–32. Its medium is earthenware.

This vase, made right after Viktor Schreckengost’s return from Vienna in 1931, gave his new style immediate American exposure as it was exhibited at and purchased within the year for the Cleveland Museum of Art. Schreckengost won a special prize for Outstanding Excellence in Pottery when this vase was shown there in 1932.

It is credited Lent by Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 964.1932.

Two glazed earthenware punchbowls on a gray background with white lighting. The bowls have distinct shapes and placements on the image. The one on the left is elevated, placed on a display cube. It curves upwards and swiftly out towards the rim. The one on the right, slightly larger, curves mostly upwards without the swift curving rim design on the left. The bowls are both in a blue tonal color with decorative motifs on their surface. Its surface is in dark blue with images made by scratches revealing a lighter blue color - the sgraffito technique. The left bowl has a “Cocktails and Cigarettes” theme with images that include glasses, bottles, bubbles, zigzags, and various shapes. The right bowl’s design called “The New Yorker (Jazz)” has a more abstract rendition of city nightlife with buildings, stars, and various shapes. The inner portions of the bowls also have images of stars, circles, and wavy lines on their surface.

Object ID #907130321
glazed earthenware with engobe, sgraffito.
Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Elizabeth Mather McMillan, 2000.128.
48.2016.3

Head: Das Wasser
earthenware.
Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1929.438.
48.2016.5

Warrior Heads Plaque, Plaque No. 5
ceramic with underglaze painting and clear glaze.
Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1760.1931.
48.2016.11

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Vase of acid-etched glass. The design shows a face with almond-shaped eyes and is a visual reference to African masks. The face is somewhat pebbled, but the eyes, forehead and nose have not been etched.

Vase, ca. 1928
blown and acid-etched glass.
Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of C. M. de Hauke, 1929.114.
48.2016.6

Its dimensions are

Diameter: w. 20.35 cm (8 inches); Overall: h. 29.55 cm (11 5/8 inches)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2oaheT/
Accession Number 48.2016.4
Object ID 907130317