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accession number: 1943.228
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Alert Over Africa, 1943. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905–1998). Glazed ceramic; overall: 29.2 x 23 x 15 cm (11 1/2 x 9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1943.228
title: Alert Over Africa
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creation date: 1943
creation date earliest: 1943
creation date latest: 1943
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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
* Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905–1998) - sculptor
Born in Cleveland to a family of foundry workers, Edris Eckhardt began drawing and painting at the age of eight while convalescing from rheumatic fever. Subsequently, she attended children studio classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art. After high school, she enrolled in the Cleveland School of Art in 1928, where she met instructor Alexander Blazys, who kindled her interest in clay sculpture. In 1930 she began working at Cowan Pottery. In 1931, on a postgraduate scholarship from the Cleveland School of Art, she studied with sculptor Alexander Archipenko in New York. Eckhardt exhibited in the annual May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art (1932–67) and throughout the 1930s participated in the annual National Ceramics Exhibitions held in Syracuse, New York. She also showed at the World in Paris and New York. In 1935 she was appointed head of the ceramic division of the Works Progress Administration. For the WPA she created monumental ceramic sculpture for the city’s Woodhill Homes housing project and a series of ceramic figures, inspired by children’s literature, for the Cleveland Public Library. In 1942, after the demise of the WPA, Eckhardt accepted a five-year position as an affiliated instructor at the School of Applied Social Sciences, Western Reserve University, where she taught social workers how to use clay modeling as art therapy. In 1953 she turned her creative energies toward mastering the medium of glass sculpture and exhibited both locally and nationally in the following decades, including solo shows at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York (1962) and the Corning (New York) Museum of Glass (1968). A retrospective exhibition of her work was held at the Beachwood (Ohio) Museum (1982).
Transformations in Cleveland Art. (CMA, 1996), p. 227
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measurements: Overall: 29.2 x 23 x 15 cm (11 1/2 x 9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
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inscription: Signed with white paint on bottom: "Edris Eckhardt, 1943"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The May Show: 25th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
opening date: 1943-04-27T04:00:00
The May Show: 25th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 6, 1943).
title: Exhibition of the Month: The Animal and Man
opening date: 1948-09-29T05:00:00
Exhibition of the Month: The Animal and Man. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 29, 1948-January 10, 1949).
title: The May Shows of the Past
opening date: 1963-04-05T05:00:00
The May Shows of the Past. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 5-July 24, 1963).
title: Edris Eckhardt: Visionary and Innovator in American Studio Ceramics and Glass
opening date: 2006-02-18T00:00:00
Edris Eckhardt: Visionary and Innovator in American Studio Ceramics and Glass. Cleveland Artists Foundation, Lakewood, OH (organizer) (February 18-April 15, 2006).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'purchased at the May Show, 1943.', 'opening_date': '1943-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland Artsists Foundation (organizer) Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, Ohio (2/18/2006 - 4/15/2006): " Edris Eckhardt: Visionary and Innovator in American Studio Ceramics and Glass", p. 25.', 'opening_date': '2006-02-18T00:00:00'}
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Edris Eckhardt Entry Card to 1943 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMS06531
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