The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 28, 2023

Polo Plaque

1935–1936

Russell Barnett Aitken

(American, 1910–2002)

America, Ohio, Cleveland

Enamel on copper

Overall: 4.5 x 54 cm (1 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.)

Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken 2013.361

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed on back "Russell Barnett Aitken"

Provenance
Collection of the Artist
Thence by descent to his widow, Irene Roosevelt Aitken, 2002.
Citations
Russell Barnett Aitken Entry Card to 1936 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

18th Annual May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1936

Exhibition of ceramics by Russell Barnett Aitken
April 4 - 16, 1938.
Walker Galleries
108 E 57th Street New York, NY No. 18

7th National Ceramic Exhibition
October 27 - November 20, 1938
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse NY No. 9

1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, illustrated in catalogue

1938 Exhibition of Contemporary Decorative Art, Toledo Museum of Art
No. 82 in catalogue, illustrated

Awards: 1st prize for Enameling on Metal, Cleveland Museum of Art

The May Show: 18th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 6-June 14, 1936).

Awards: 1st prize for Enameling on Metal, Cleveland Museum of Art

The May Show: 18th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 6-June 14, 1936).

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