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"Jazz" Punch Bowl
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Rights: © Viktor Schreckengost Foundation
Department of Modern & Contemporary Art
Viktor Schreckengost sold [through Cleveland Art Show 1930 or 1931?]; to Samuel Stevenson Elyria OH by descent; to his daughters Mrs. Beryl Hermes and Ms. Maude Breseman (1970s to 1992) sold; [to Cincinnati Art Galleries (1992-1994)] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums 1994.
Notes:
May have been purchased directly from artist. Letter from Cincinnati Art Galleries notes that "Mr. Stevenson was the chief ceramist at Harshaw Chemical Company of Elyria Ohio a major manufacturer of glaze colors. Mr. Stevenson was often called upon to troubleshoot problems at Harshaw accounts among them Cowan Pottery in Rocky River Ohio where he became acquainted with Schreckengost and his work."
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum The William M. Prichard Memorial Fund and the Decorative Arts Fund
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