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The New Yorker (Jazz) Bowl

c. 1930

Viktor Schreckengost

(American, 1906-2008)

Cowan Pottery Studio

(American, 1921-31)

made by

America, Ohio, Cleveland, 20th century

Glazed ceramic with sgraffito design

Overall: 28.6 x 41.3 cm (11 1/4 x 16 1/4 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 2000.65

Location

not on view

Description

For Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s second inauguration as governor of the State of New York, his wife Eleanor commissioned a punch bowl from a Manhattan art gallery, which in turn asked Cowan Pottery in Rocky River, Ohio, to produce it. Conceived by Cleveland industrial designer Viktor Schreckengost, the bowl reflects the sights and sounds of New York’s vibrant Jazz Age nightlife.

Artist biography

Cowan Pottery Studio

R. Guy Cowan head of firm. Earlier and more commonly called Cowan Pottery.

Citations

Adams, Henry. Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-Century Design. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Reproduced: Pgs. cover (bottom), 88 Fig. 128; Discussed: Pgs. 88-95; Cat. No. 128, Pg. 165

Adams, Henry. What's American About American Art?: A Gallery Tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008. Reproduced: Pgs. 124, 125; Discussed: Pg. 124

Bassett, M., et. al. "Learning by Doing: The Evolution of Viktor Schreckengost's Jazz Series." Journal of the American Art Pottery Association 33, no. 4 (Autumn 2017): [12]-28. Reproduced: p. 14, fig. 1, right; p. 16, fig, 3, left; p. 23, fig. 17, above; p. 26, fig. 23, below

Coffin, Sarah, Stephen Harrison, and Emily Marshall Orr. The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, distributed by New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017. Reproduced: Pgs. XII, 154; Discussed: Pg. 155; Cat. No. 334, Pg. 362

Exhibition history

Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-century Design. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 12, 2000-February 4, 2001).

Burchfield to Schreckengost: Cleveland Art of the Jazz Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 28-July 18, 2004).

The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).

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The New Yorker (Jazz) Bowl

The New Yorker (Jazz) Bowl

Viktor Schreckengost

Cowan Pottery Studio

America, Ohio, Cleveland, 20th century

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Cowan Pottery Studio

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