id:			119735
accession number:	1940.57
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.57
updated:		2023-03-25 11:14:23.773000

Bini Belle, c. 1940. Russell Barnett Aitken (American, 1910–2002). Glazed ceramic; overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1940.57

title:				Bini Belle
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creation date:			c. 1940
creation date earliest:		1935
creation date latest:		1940
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	glazed ceramic
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 22nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1940-05-01T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 22nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-June 9, 1940).

	title:		Bringing Modernism Home:  Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960
	opening date:   2005-01-28T00:00:00
	<i>Bringing Modernism Home:  Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960</i>. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (January 28-April 17, 2005).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA:  May Show, 1940.<br>Columbus Museum of Art (1/28/2005 - 4/17/2005):  "Bringing Modernism Home, Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960", ex. cat. no. 22, p. 60.

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CITATIONS

	Russell Barnett Aitken Entry Card to 1940 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS05300/

	Binder, Lisa, "Mr. Aitken, I Presume", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 44 no. 05, May 2004
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 12-13
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2004-05/page/12

	Channing, Laurence, "Before Neo: The May Show", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 45 no. 07, September 2005
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2005-07/page/6

	Aitken, Russell. Russell Barnett Aitken Collection. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		http://library.clevelandart.org/russell-barnett-aitken-collection

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