id:			170898
accession number:	2013.357
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.357
updated:		2025-02-09 07:08:31.326000

Sheriff of Pecos , 1931–32. Russell Barnett Aitken (American, 1910–2002). Ceramic; overall: 29 x 15 x 22 cm (11 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken 2013.357

title:				Sheriff of Pecos 
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1931–32
creation date earliest:		1931
creation date latest:		1932
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken
copyright:			

---

culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	ceramic
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

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

---

measurements: Overall: 29 x 15 x 22 cm (11 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed on the base on the back side
"Russell Aitken"
	translation:	
	remark:		

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 14th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1932-04-27T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 14th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 5, 1932).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Webb C. Ball Galleries, 1932', 'opening_date': '1932-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, W. VA.', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': '1934', 'opening_date': '1934-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Ceramics by RBA', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'Loaned by Mrs. George W. Crawford', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': '1st prize for Ceramic Sculpture, Group of Five, Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show, 1932', 'opening_date': '1932-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '1st prize, Texas State Fair', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art; "The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s." Sept. 30, 2017-Jan. 14, 2018.', 'opening_date': '2017-09-30T00:00:00'}

---

PROVENANCE

	Collection of the Artist
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	Thence by descent to his widow, Irene Roosevelt Aitken, 2002
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	Russell Barnett Aitken Entry Card to 1932 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS02362

	Aitken, Russell. Russell Barnett Aitken Collection. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	
	url:		http://library.clevelandart.org/russell-barnett-aitken-collection

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.357/2013.357_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.357/2013.357_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.357/2013.357_full.tif