The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Madonna and Child

c. 1928
designer

R. Guy Cowan

(American, 1884–1957)
maker

Cowan Pottery Studio

(America, Ohio, Lakewood, 1913–1919)
America, Ohio, Cleveland
pottery
Overall: 47.4 x 34.3 x 14 cm (18 11/16 x 13 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1928.218
Location: Not on view
  • Basset, Mark and Naumann, Victoria. Cowan Pottery and the Cleveland School. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1997. pp. 121-3.
    R. Guy Cowan Entry Card to 1928 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Hawley, Henry. “Cowan Pottery and the Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 76, no. 7 (September 1989): 238–263. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 252, fig. 18 www.jstor.org
  • Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 28-September 10, 1989).
    A Century of Ceramics in the United States, 1878-1978. Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (organizer) (May 5-September 23, 1979); Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Washington, D.C., DC (November 9, 1979-January 27, 1980).
    Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).
    The May Show: 10th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 25-June 3, 1928).
  • {{cite web|title=Madonna and Child|url=false|author=R. Guy Cowan, Cowan Pottery Studio|year=c. 1928|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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