id:			170904
accession number:	2013.362
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.362
updated:		2023-04-26 11:23:58.671000

Hockey Plaque, 1937–38. Russell Barnett Aitken (American, 1910–2002). Enamel on copper plaque; overall: 4 x 54 cm (1 9/16 x 21 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken 2013.362

title:				Hockey Plaque
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creation date:			1937–38
creation date earliest:		1937
creation date latest:		1938
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creditline:			Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	enamel on copper plaque
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Enamel
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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Overall: 4 x 54 cm (1 9/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower right corner
"R.B.A. + Dickie Bird"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 20th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1938-05-04T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 20th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 4-June 12, 1938).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Exhibition of ceramics by Russell Barnett Aitken<br>April 4 - 16, 1938. <br>Walker Galleries<br>108 E 57th Street New York, NY  No. 22

* Seventh National Ceramic Exhibition<br>October 27 to November 20, 1938, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse Ny,  No. 8 in East

* 1939 Golden Gate International National Exposition, San Francisco

* Awards: 1st prize for Enameling on Metal - Cleveland Museum of Art, 1938

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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 1938 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS04595

	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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