id:			93298
accession number:	1931.1760
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.1760
updated:		2024-06-25 11:43:15.848000

Warrior Heads Plaque (Plaque, No. 5), 1931. Viktor Schreckengost (American, Cleveland, 1906–2008), Cowan Pottery Studio (America, Ohio, 1912–1931). Ceramic with underglaze painting and clear glaze; diameter: 6.4 x 43.2 cm (2 1/2 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1931.1760

title:				Warrior Heads Plaque (Plaque, No. 5)
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creation date:			1931
creation date earliest:		1931
creation date latest:		1931
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creditline:			Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	ceramic with underglaze painting and clear glaze
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Viktor Schreckengost (American, Cleveland, 1906–2008)  - artist

* Cowan Pottery Studio (America, Ohio, 1912–1931)  - maker
The Cowan Pottery Studio was founded by R. Guy Cowan in Lakewood, Ohio, United States in 1912. It moved to Rocky River, Ohio in 1920, and operated until 1931, when the financial stress of the Great Depression resulted in its bankruptcy. Cowan Pottery produced both artistic and commercial work in a variety of styles influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Deco, Chinese ceramics, and modern sculpture. <br> <br>During its two decades of operation, a number of well-known Cleveland School artists worked with Cowan at the studio: Elizabeth Anderson, Arthur Eugene Baggs, Alexander Blazys, Paul Bogatay, Edris Eckhardt, Waylande Gregory, A. Drexler Jacobson, Raoul Josset, Paul Manship, José Martin, Herman Matzen, F. Luis Mora, Elmer L. Novotny, Margaret Postgate, Stephen Rebeck, Guy L. Rixford, Viktor Schreckengost, Elsa Vick Shaw, Walter Sinz, Frank N. Wilcox, H. Edward Winter, and Thelma Frazier Winter. With the exception of Guy Cowan, himself, Waylande Gregory designed more pieces for the pottery than anyone else. Among Cowan's finest pieces were three limited edition figures relating to dance, including "Salome" (1928), "The Nautch Dancer," (1930), and "The Burlesque Dancer," (1930). For the last two, Gregory made sketches from the side of the stage of the well-known Ziegfeld Follies star, Gilda Grey, when she was performing in Cleveland.
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measurements: Diameter: 6.4 x 43.2 cm (2 1/2 x 17 in.)
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	inscription:	on back: "VIKTOR . SCHRECKENGOST."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 13th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1931-05-06T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 13th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-June 7, 1931).

	title:		The May Shows of the Past
	opening date:   1963-04-05T05:00:00
	<i>The May Shows of the Past</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 5-July 24, 1963).

	title:		Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940
	opening date:   1989-06-28T04:00:00
	<i>Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 28-September 10, 1989).

	title:		Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-century Design
	opening date:   2000-11-12T00:00:00
	<i>Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-century Design</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 12, 2000-February 4, 2001).

	title:		The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s
	opening date:   2017-04-07T00:00:00
	<i>The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s</i>. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (April 7-August 20, 2017); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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CITATIONS

	Viktor Schreckengost Entry Card to 1931 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS02309/

	Coffin, Sarah D., and Stephen Harrison. <em>The Jazz Age: American style in the 1920s. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 112, p. 80; Mentioned: p. 77
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