id:			170896
accession number:	2013.355
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.355
updated:		2025-02-09 07:08:30.282000

Sun Valley Sally, 1939. Russell Barnett Aitken (American, 1910–2002). Ceramic; overall: 31 x 24 x 12 cm (12 3/16 x 9 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken 2013.355

title:				Sun Valley Sally
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creation date:			1939
creation date earliest:		1939
creation date latest:		1939
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creditline:			Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	ceramic
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Overall: 31 x 24 x 12 cm (12 3/16 x 9 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed on inside bottom
"Russell Barnett Aitken 
1939"
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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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Exhibition of ceramics by Russell Barnett Aitken', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'April 4 - 16, 1938.', 'opening_date': '1938-04-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Walker Galleries', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': '108 E 57th Street New York, NY', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'Loaned by Mrs. Henry R. Luce', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the Artist
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	Thence by descent to his widow, Irene Roosevelt Aitken, 2002
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	Irene Roosevelt Aitken, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2002–2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013–
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RELATED WORKS

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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

	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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