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Blue Revel

Blue Revel

1931
(American, 1906–2008)
America, Ohio, Cleveland
oil on canvas
Framed: 139.1 x 93.1 x 5 cm (54 3/4 x 36 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 127 x 81.3 cm (50 x 32 in.)
Gift of Vik Schreckengost 2000.127
Location: not on view

Description

Blue Revel was inspired by visits to Cleveland's Globe Theatre on Woodland Avenue, where a group of faculty members from the Cleveland School of Art had rented a box. Schreckengost exhibited this painting in the 1931 May Show at the Cleveland Museum of Art, alongside his Cocktails and Cigarettes punch bowl.
  • Viktor Schreckengost Studio Entry Card to 1931 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release ,” December 12, 2000, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. Mentioned: p. 3 archive.org
  • The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935. Figge Arts Center, Davenport, Iowa (September 17, 2005-January 1, 2006); Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (January 29-May 21, 2006).
    Figge Arts Center, Davenport Museum of Art (9/17/2005 - 1/1/2006) and Tacoma Art Museum (1/29/2006 - 5/21/2006): "The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935"
    Made in U.S.A., l'art américain, 1908-1943, entre nationalisme et internationalisme [FRAME]. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France (organizer) (October 5-December 31, 2001); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France (January 17-March 31, 2002); Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (April 10-June 25, 2002).
    Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux (October 5-December 31, 2001); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (January 17-March 31, 2002); Musée Fabre, Montpellier (April 10-June 25, 2002). "Made in U.S.A., l'art américain, 1908-1943, entre nationalisme et internationalisme," exh. cat. color repr. pp. 20, 178.
    Viktor 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. 2.
    The May Show: 13th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-June 7, 1931).
    Cleveland Museum of Art, 13th Annual May Show, 1931
    Art Institute of Chicago, "44th Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture," 1931.
  • {{cite web|title=Blue Revel|url=false|author=Viktor Schreckengost|year=1931|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2000.127