id:			123722
accession number:	1944.251
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.251
updated:		2025-02-09 01:03:30.820000

Plate:  My Cat Whirling on a Red Cushion, c. 1944. Mildred Watkins (American, 1883–1968). Enamel; diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken 1944.251

title:				Plate:  My Cat Whirling on a Red Cushion
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creation date:			c. 1944
creation date earliest:		1939
creation date latest:		1944
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creditline:			The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	enamel
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Enamel
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CREATORS

* Mildred Watkins (American, 1883–1968)  - artist
Biographical information exists in the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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measurements: Diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Titled and signed in gold on bottom:  "May Cat Whirling on a red Cushion - Mildred Watkins"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 26th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1944-05-02T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 26th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 2-June 11, 1944).

	title:		Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930-1980
	opening date:   2005-11-14T00:00:00
	<i>Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930-1980</i>. Long Beach Museum of Art (organizer) (January 12-August 19, 2007).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Long Beach Museum of Art, CA (1/12/2007 - 8/19/2007):  "Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930-1980"', 'opening_date': '2007-01-12T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	Mildred Watkins Entry Card to 1944 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS07002

	Swaim-Fox, Callan. "Learn About May Show Artists.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, no. 6 (November/December 2019): 12-13.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 12.
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