Harvard Art Museums > 1994.70: "Jazz" Punch Bowl Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation""Jazz" Punch Bowl (Viktor Schreckengost)(Cowan Pottery) , 1994.70,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/303457. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1994.70 People Viktor Schreckengost, American (Sebring, Ohio 1906 - 2008 Tallahassee, Florida) Cowan Pottery, American Title "Jazz" Punch Bowl Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1931 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/303457 Physical Descriptions Medium Porcelain Dimensions Overall: 21 x 34.6 cm (8 1/4 x 13 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Viktor / Schreckengost inscription: Die stamped "Cowan" on base. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Viktor Schreckengost, sold [through Cleveland Art Show, 1930 or 1931?]; to Samuel Stevenson, Elyria OH, by descent; to his daughters, Mrs. Beryl Hermes and Ms. Maude Breseman (1970s to 1992) sold; [to Cincinnati Art Galleries (1992-1994)], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994. Notes: May have been purchased directly from artist. Letter from Cincinnati Art Galleries notes that "Mr. Stevenson was the chief ceramist at Harshaw Chemical Company of Elyria, Ohio, a major manufacturer of glaze colors. Mr. Stevenson was often called upon to troubleshoot problems at Harshaw accounts, among them Cowan Pottery in Rocky River, Ohio, where he became acquainted with Schreckengost and his work." Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The William M. Prichard Memorial Fund and the Decorative Arts Fund Copyright © Viktor Schreckengost Foundation Accession Year 1994 Object Number 1994.70 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Keramics 1993, auct. cat., Cincinnati Art Galleries (Cincinnati, OH, June 6, 1993), cat. no. 234, reproduced in color Timothy Anglin Burgard, American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1994), pp. 6, 11, fig. 8, cat. 41 Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997 David Bindman, Suzanne Blier, and Vera Grant, ed., Art of Jazz: Form, Performance, Notes, exh. cat., Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art (Cambridge, MA, 2017), p. 49, ill. (color) Exhibition History American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/01/1994 - 12/30/1994 The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/29/1995 - 05/13/2001 Art of Jazz: Form, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/23/2016 - 05/08/2016 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
