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Materials:

Hand-thrown glazed earthenware

Size Notes:

diameter

Description:

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Markings:

Signed in underglaze: VIKTOR SCHRECKENGOST / COWAN POTTERY

Condition:

crazing throughout, archival number to reverse, some cloudiness and rubbing to glaze

Exhibited:

Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio, "One Man Show," 1931; W. & J. Sloane, New York, New York, 1931; Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, New York, "2nd Ceramics National Exhibition," 1933; Fort Wayne Museum, Fort Wayne, Indiana, "One Man Show," 1936; Halle Brothers, Cleveland, Ohio, "Contemporary Designers Show," 1937; Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, "Viktor Schreckengost: Retrospective Exhibition," March 14-April 3, 1976.This is an important early piece Viktor made after his return from Vienna while working for Cowan Pottery in Cleveland, Ohio. It was included in the first one-man show of his career, in Akron, Ohio in 1931.