The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Pachyderm
1951
Location: Not on view
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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.- Viktor Schreckengost Entry Card to 1952 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
- Animals in Art: Clay Creatures by Viktor Schreckengost. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH (April 29-August 13, 2006).Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (4/29/2006 - 8/13/2006): "Animals in Art: Highlights from Viktor Schreckengost" no catalogueViktor Schreckengost and 20th-century Design. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 12, 2000-February 4, 2001).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 12, 2000 - February 4, 2001. "Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-Century Design" exh. cat. no. 57, p. 164, color repr. p. 51.CMA: May 1952.The May Show: 34th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 30-June 8, 1952).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1959.126