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        "accession_number": "1959.126",
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        "tombstone": "Pachyderm, 1951. Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906\u20132008). Glazed ceramic; with base: 61 x 40.7 cm (24 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1959.126",
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        "title": "Pachyderm",
        "creation_date": "1951",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1951,
        "creation_date_latest": 1951,
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            "male",
            "Cleveland Institute of Art (alumni)",
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            "Cleveland Institute of Art (faculty)"
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            "America, Ohio, Cleveland"
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        "technique": "glazed ceramic",
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        "department": "American Painting and Sculpture",
        "collection": "American - Cleveland School",
        "type": "Ceramic",
        "measurements": "with base: 61 x 40.7 cm (24 x 16 in.)",
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                "height": 0.61,
                "height_inch": 24,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.0,
                "width": 0.407,
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        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 383019,
                    "title": "The May Show: 34th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen",
                    "description": "<i>The May Show: 34th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 30-June 8, 1952).",
                    "opening_date": "1952-04-30T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 189020,
                    "title": "Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-century Design",
                    "description": "<i>Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-century Design</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 12, 2000-February 4, 2001).",
                    "opening_date": "2000-11-12T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 182128,
                    "title": "Animals in Art: Clay Creatures by Viktor Schreckengost",
                    "description": "<i>Animals in Art: Clay Creatures by Viktor Schreckengost</i>. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH (April 29-August 13, 2006).",
                    "opening_date": "2006-04-29T00:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": [
                {
                    "description": "CMA:  May 1952.",
                    "opening_date": "1952-05-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 12, 2000 - February 4, 2001. \"Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-Century Design\" exh. cat. no. 57, p. 164, color repr. p. 51.",
                    "opening_date": "2000-11-12T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (4/29/2006 - 8/13/2006):  \"Animals in Art: Highlights from Viktor Schreckengost\" no catalogue",
                    "opening_date": "2006-04-29T00:00:00"
                }
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        },
        "provenance": [],
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        "did_you_know": "The biological term \"pachyderm\" derives from an ancient Greek word meaning thick skinned.",
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        "description": "Of the more than two dozen ceramic sculptures of animals that Viktor Schreckengost produced from the 1930s through the 1950s, this depiction of an elephant is the most abstracted. Animals fascinated the artist, who spent many hours sketching them at the Cleveland Zoo.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80028972"
            ],
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        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Viktor Schreckengost Entry Card to 1952 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
                "page_number": null,
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMS09658"
            }
        ],
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        "creditline": "Anonymous Gift",
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                "description": "Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906\u20132008)",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1959-04-25T00:00:00",
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        "cover_accession_number": null,
        "is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
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        "alternate_titles": [
            "Elephant"
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:49:38.007000"
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