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"tombstone": "Beauty Nap, 1948. Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906\u20132008). Glazed ceramic; with base: 26.5 x 21 cm (10 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.); without base: 23.6 x 20.3 cm (9 5/16 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Silver Jubilee Treasure Fund, 1948.59",
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"title": "Beauty Nap",
"creation_date": "1948",
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"Cleveland Institute of Art (alumni)",
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"department": "American Painting and Sculpture",
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"measurements": "with base: 26.5 x 21 cm (10 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.); without base: 23.6 x 20.3 cm (9 5/16 x 8 in.)",
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"inscription": "Signed under mouth, in center: \"Victor Schreckengost\"",
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"id": 382062,
"title": "The May Show: 30th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen",
"description": "The May Show: 30th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-June 13, 1948).",
"opening_date": "1948-05-05T04:00:00"
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"title": "Ohio Ceramics",
"description": "Ohio Ceramics. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (July 1-31, 1953); Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (September 29-October 25, 1953).",
"opening_date": "1953-07-01T04:00:00"
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"id": 309579,
"title": "The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years",
"description": "The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 1982-January 30, 1983).",
"opening_date": "1982-12-22T05:00:00"
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"id": 189020,
"title": "Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-century Design",
"description": "Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-century Design. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 12, 2000-February 4, 2001).",
"opening_date": "2000-11-12T00:00:00"
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{
"id": 182128,
"title": "Animals in Art: Clay Creatures by Viktor Schreckengost",
"description": "Animals in Art: Clay Creatures by Viktor Schreckengost. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH (April 29-August 13, 2006).",
"opening_date": "2006-04-29T00:00:00"
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"description": "CMA: May Show 1948.",
"opening_date": "1948-01-01T00:00:00"
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{
"description": "Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 12, 2000 - February 4, 2001. \"Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-Century Design\" exh. cat. no. 46, p. 163, color repr. p. 49.",
"opening_date": "2000-11-12T00:00:00"
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"description": "Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (4/29/2006 - 8/13/2006): \"Animals in Art: Highlights from Viktor Schreckengost\" no catalogue",
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"did_you_know": "Hippos can sleep up to 16 hours a day.",
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"description": "During the early decades of his career, Viktor Schreckengost created dozens of ceramic animal sculptures, often giving them humorous titles. Beauty Nap features a baby hippopotamus atop its mother, both asleep. Mottled brown and white glazes drip down from the upper register of the composition onto the lower part, which is unglazed.",
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"citation": "Viktor Schreckengost Entry Card to 1948 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMS08387/"
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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:48:50.136000"
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