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Pachyderm

1951

Viktor Schreckengost

(American, 1906–2008)
Culture
America, Ohio, Cleveland
Medium
glazed ceramic
Measurements
with base: 61 x 40.7 cm (24 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift 1959.126
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

The biological term "pachyderm" derives from an ancient Greek word meaning thick skinned.

Description

Of the more than two dozen ceramic sculptures of animals that Viktor Schreckengost produced from the 1930s through the 1950s, this depiction of an elephant is the most abstracted. Animals fascinated the artist, who spent many hours sketching them at the Cleveland Zoo.

Pachyderm

1951

Viktor Schreckengost

(American, 1906–2008)
America, Ohio, Cleveland

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