id:			174077
accession number:	1932.967
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.967
updated:		2023-03-25 11:14:25.995000

Self-Portrait, c. 1931. Russell Barnett Aitken (American, 1910–2002). Ceramic; overall: 48.6 x 17.8 cm (19 1/8 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1932.967

title:				Self-Portrait
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creation date:			c. 1931
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1932
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creditline:			Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	ceramic
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Russell Barnett Aitken (American, 1910–2002)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 48.6 x 17.8 cm (19 1/8 x 7 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	on back of base: "Russell Aitken."
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 14th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1932-04-27T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 14th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 5, 1932).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
This caricature depicts the Cleveland ceramicist Russell Barnett Aitken, who was a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, in a stylized self-portrait as a young hunter in the wild.

digital description:
Figural studies were emphasized in ceramic classes at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna where Clevelanders Viktor Schreckengost and Russell Barnett Aitken studied in 1929-30. Aitken absorbed the Viennese style of exaggeration and caricature as seen in this depiction of himself as hunter in the wild, incorporating similar motifs and techniques of caricature into his work for the rest of his career.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Russell Barnett Aitken Entry Card to 1932 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS02362

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