id:			170903
accession number:	2013.361
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.361
updated:		2023-04-26 11:23:58.665000

Polo Plaque, 1935–1936 . Russell Barnett Aitken (American, 1910–2002). Enamel on copper; overall: 4.5 x 54 cm (1 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken 2013.361

title:				Polo Plaque
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creation date:			1935–1936
creation date earliest:		1935
creation date latest:		1936
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creditline:			Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	enamel on copper
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Plaque
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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Overall: 4.5 x 54 cm (1 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed on back
"Russell
  Barnett
  Aitken"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 18th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1936-05-06T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 18th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 6-June 14, 1936).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* 18th Annual May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1936

* Exhibition of ceramics by Russell Barnett Aitken<br>April 4 - 16, 1938. <br>Walker Galleries<br>108 E 57th Street New York, NY  No. 18

* 7th National Ceramic Exhibition <br>October 27 - November 20, 1938<br>Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse NY  No. 9

* 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, illustrated in catalogue

* 1938 Exhibition of Contemporary Decorative Art, Toledo Museum of Art<br>No. 82 in catalogue, illustrated

* Awards: 1st prize for Enameling on Metal, Cleveland Museum of Art

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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Russell Barnett Aitken Entry Card to 1936 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS03839

	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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