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Moses

Moses

1927
(America, Ohio, Lakewood, 1913–1919)
(American, 1894–1963)
America, Ohio, Cowan Pottery Works, Early 20th century
faience (?)
Overall: 48.3 x 21.6 cm (19 x 8 1/2 in.)
Educational Purchase Fund 1928.667
Location: not on view
  • Purchased from Tenth Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen.
  • Boram-Hays, Carol. “At Home in the Metropolis: Art Deco (1915–1935.” Bringing Modernism Home: Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890–1960. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2005. p. 55.
    Basset, Mark and Naumann, Victoria. Cowan Pottery and the Cleveland School. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1997. pp. 114-5.
    American Craft Museum. Craft in the Machine Age: The History of Twentieth-Century American Craft (1920–1945). New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995. p 150.
    Cowan Pottery Studio Entry Card to 1927 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    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. 18, fig. 8, left
  • Bringing Modernism Home: Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (January 28-April 17, 2005).
    Columbus Museum of Art (1/28/2005 - 4/17/2005): "Bringing Modernism Home, Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960" ex. cat. no. 19, p. 55.
    Craft in the Machine Age: European Influences on American Modernism, 1920-1945. American Craft Museum (organizer) (October 19, 1995-February 25, 1996); Fort Wayne Museum of Art (September 7-November 3, 1996); Akron Art Museum (January 25-March 30, 1997); Milwaukee Art Museum (June 15-August 15, 1997); Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (September 1-November 30, 1997).
    Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 28-September 10, 1989).
    Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).
    The May Show: 9th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 5, 1927).
  • {{cite web|title=Moses|url=false|author=Cowan Pottery Studio, Alexander Blazys|year=1927|access-date=06 December 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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