Collection Online as of March 24, 2023

Bini Belle

c. 1940

sculptor

Russell Barnett Aitken

(American, 1910–2002)

America, Ohio, Cleveland

Glazed ceramic

Overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1940.57

Location

not on view

Citations

Russell Barnett Aitken Entry Card to 1940 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org

Binder, Lisa, "Mr. Aitken, I Presume", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 44 no. 05, May 2004 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 12-13 archive.org

Channing, Laurence, "Before Neo: The May Show", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 45 no. 07, September 2005 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6 archive.org

Aitken, Russell. Russell Barnett Aitken Collection. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. library.clevelandart.org

Exhibition history

CMA: May Show, 1940.

Columbus Museum of Art (1/28/2005 - 4/17/2005): "Bringing Modernism Home, Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960", ex. cat. no. 22, p. 60.

The May Show: 22nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-June 9, 1940).

Bringing Modernism Home: Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (January 28-April 17, 2005).