The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2023

Sun Valley Sally

1939

Russell Barnett Aitken

(American, 1910–2002)

America, Ohio, Cleveland

Ceramic

Overall: 31 x 24 x 12 cm (12 3/16 x 9 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken 2013.355

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed on inside bottom "Russell Barnett Aitken 1939"

Provenance
Collection of the Artist
Thence by descent to his widow, Irene Roosevelt Aitken, 2002
2002–2013
Irene Roosevelt Aitken, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
2013–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Russell Barnett Aitken Entry Card to 1940 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
Aitken, Russell. Russell Barnett Aitken Collection. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. library.clevelandart.org
Exhibition history

Exhibition of ceramics by Russell Barnett Aitken

April 4 - 16, 1938.

Walker Galleries

108 E 57th Street New York, NY

Loaned by Mrs. Henry R. Luce

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).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2013.355