The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 13, 2022

The Highwayman (Early Version)

1934-1935

Russell Barnett Aitken

(American, 1910-2002)

America, Ohio, Cleveland

Ceramic

Overall: 21.5 x 15.5 x 10 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)

Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken 2013.356

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed inside bottom "Russell Aitken" with sticker "TR 4832/27" another sticker "G 4 Box 7"

Provenance
Collection of the Artist
Thence by descent to his widow, Irene Roosevelt Aitken, 2002
Citations
Russell Barnett Aitken Entry Card to 1935 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

Special Award for Sustained Excellence in Ceramic Sculpture

Cleveland Museum of Art

1935

group of 8

17th annual May Show

The May Show: 17th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 24-June 2, 1935).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2013.356