VIKTOR SCHRECKENGOST & 20TH CENTURY DESIGN An exhibition at the Museum of Art November 12, 2000-February 4, 2001

A Resource Guide compiled by the and Cleveland Institute of Art library/archives staff

BOOKS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Adams, Henry. Viktor Schreckengost: American Da Vinci. Windsor, Conn.: Tide-Mark, 2006. CIA: N/6537/.S373/A32/2006 Anderson, Ross and Barbara Perry. The Diversions of Keramos: American clay sculpture, 1925-1950. Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1983. CMA: Q18 E93d; CIA: NK/4008/.A5 Bassett, Mark T. and Victoria Naumann. Cowan and the Cleveland school. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub., 1997. CMA: Q18C874 B319; CIA: NK/4210/.C68/A4/1997 Bayley, Stephen and Angela Schonberger. , Pionier des amerikanischen Industriedesigns/ Raymond Loewy: pioneer of American industrial design / edited by Angela Schonberger; with contributions by Stephen Bayley ... [et al.]. Munich: Federal Republic of Germany; New York: Prestel Co.; Distributed in the USA by te Neues Pub. Co., 1990. CMA: P18L827 S365; CIA: TS/23/.L6/S3/1990 Brush with light: watercolor painters of northeast . Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Artists Foundation, 1998. CMA: E18 K36; CIA: ND/1835/.O3/B7/1998 Clark, Garth. American ceramics: 1876 to the present. New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. CMA: Q18 E93c Rev. ed., 1987; CIA: NK/4005/.C52/1987 Cleveland Institute of Art. Viktor Schreckengost: retrospective exhibition March 14 – April 3, 1976. Cleveland: [1976]. CMA: E18S378 C635; CIA: N/6537/.S373/A4/1976 Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 years: [exhibition] December 22, 1982 - January 30, 1983, The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Museum, 1982. CMA: A38C635 S37c; CIA: N/330/.C5/C5 Conway, Patricia. Art for everyday: the new craft movement. New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1990. CMA: P18 C767; CIA: NK/808/.C64/1990 Cowan Pottery Museum. The Cowan Pottery Museum. Rocky River, Ohio: Rocky River Public Library, [1978?]. CMA: Q68R684 C874 Cowan, R. Guy, 1884-1957. CMA: Clipping files. Cunningham, Jo. Viktor Schreckengost: designs in dinnerware. Atglen, PA : Schiffer, 2006. CIA: NK/4210/.S373/C86/2006 Dale, Sharon. , an English potter in America. Erie, Pa.: Erie Art Museum, 1986. CMA: Q18R469 E68

1 Donhauser, Paul S. History of American ceramics: the studio potter. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 1978. CMA: Q18 D682; CIA: NK/4005/.D66 Eidelberg, Martin P. Eva Zeisel, designer for industry. [Montreal]: [Chicago] Le Ch^ateau Dufresne, Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Montreal; Dist.the University of Chicago Press, 1984. CMA: Q18Z47 M811 Everson Museum of Art. American ceramics: the collection of Everson Museum of Art. Barbara Perry, ed. New York: Rizzoli, 1989. CMA: Q68S995 E93; CIA: NK/4005/.E94/1989 Forsyth, Gordon Mitchell. 20th century ceramics; an international survey of the best work produced by modern craftsmen, artists, and manufacturers. London: The Studio Limited; New York: The Studio Publications, Inc., [1936]. CMA: Q10.92 F735; CIA: NK/3930/.F6 Fort, Ilene S. The figure in American sculpture: a question of modernity. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press, 1995. CMA: C18 F736; CIA: NB/1930/.F6/1995 Hennessey, William J. (William John) Russel Wright, American designer. Introduction by Russell Lynes. Hamilton, N.Y.: Cambridge, Mass.: Gallery Association of New York State; MIT Press, 1983. CMA: P18W952 H515; CIA: NK/1535/.W87/H46/1983 Herman, Lloyd E. and Matthew Kangas. Tales and traditions: storytelling in twentieth- century American craft. St. Louis, MO: Craft Alliance; Seattle: dist. University of Washington Press,1993. CMA: P18 H551a; CIA: NK/808/.H4/1993 Hutchison, Ken and Greg Johnson. The golden age of automotive toys: 1925-1941. Paducah, Ky.: Collector Books, 1997. CMA: L59 H978 Kerr, Ann. The collector's encyclopedia of Russel Wright designs. Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1990. CMA: P18W952 K41A Kerr, Ann. Russel Wright dinnerware: designs for the American table. Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1985. CMA: P18W952 K41 Levin, Elaine. The history of American ceramics: 1607 to the present: from pipkins and bean pots to contemporary forms. New York: Abrams, 1988. CMA: Q18 L665; CIA: NK/4005/.L48/1988 Limoges, Raymonde. American Limoges: identification & value guide. Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1996. CMA: Q18A512 L734 Loewy, Raymond. CMA: Clipping files Loewy, Raymond. Industrial design. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1979. CMA: P18L827 L827; CIA: TS/23/.L6/A34/1979 McCready, Karen. and modernist ceramics. London: Thames and Hudson, 1995. CMA: Q10.92 M174; CIA: NK/3930.3/.A77/M3/1995 National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.) The Designs of Raymond Loewy. Washington, D.C.: Published for the Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975. CMA: P18L827 L827a; CIA: TS/23/.L6

2 Phillips,Lisa., et. al. High styles, twentieth-century American design. New York : Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Summit Books, 1985. CMA: P18 W617a; CIA: NK/1404/.H53/1985 Pulos, Arthur J. The American design adventure: 1940-1975. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1988. CMA: P18 P982a; CIA: TS/23/.P84/1988 Preaud, Tamara and Serge Gauthier. Ceramique, art du XXe siecle/ Ceramics of the twentieth century. Oxford: Phaidon-Christie's, 1982. CMA: Q10.92 P922 Reed, Cleota and Stan Skoczen. Syracuse China. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1997. CMA: Q18S995 R323 Robinson, William H., ed. Cleveland as a center of regional American art: symposium presented by the Cleveland Artists Foundation at the Cleveland Museum of Art, November 13 and 14, 1993. Cleveland, Ohio : The Foundation, [1993] CMA: A38C635 C6353 Robinson, William H. and David Steinberg. Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946: community and diversity in early modern America. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. CMA: A18C635 R692; CIA: N/6535/.C6/R63/1996 Saloff, Tim. The collector’s encyclopedia of Cowan pottery; identification and values. Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1994. CIA: NK/4210/.C68/S2/1994 Schreckengost, Viktor. CMA: Clipping files Tambini, Michael. Look of the century. New York: DK Publishing, 1996. CMA: P10.92 T154; CIA: TS/171/.T35/1996 Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-Century Design. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. CMA: E18S378 A213; CIA: N/6537/.S373/A4/2000 Wilson, Richard Guy, Dianne H. Pilgrim, and Dickran Tashjian. The machine age in America, 1918-1941. NY: Brooklyn Museum in association with Abrams, 1986. CMA: P18 B872m; CIA: TS/23/.W55/1986 Wixom, Nancy Coe. Cleveland Institute of Art: the first hundred years, 1882-1982. 1st ed. [Cleveland]: The Institute, 1983. CMA: A38C635 S37d; CIA: N/330/.C5/W5 Wood, Neil S. Evolution of the bicycle: [with price guide]. Gas City, IN: L-W Book Sales, 1991-1994. CMA: U89 W877 v. 1-2

VIDEO AND AUDIO TAPES

Burns, Ken. The statue of liberty [videorecording]. [S.l.]: PBS Home Video: Turner Home Entertainment, 1996. CMA: VID C15B286 S797 Burns, Ken, and David G. McCullough. Brooklyn Bridge [videorecording]. New York, N.Y.] : Florentine Films: Turner Home Entertainment, C1996, c1981 CMA: VID B39.2 B8721 Burns, Ken, et. al. Frank Lloyd Wright [videorecording] / a Florentine Films production; produced in association with WETA-TV; by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick; written by Geoffrey C. Ward; produced by Ken

3 Burns, Lynn Novick, Peter Miller. [S.l.]: [Alexandria, Va.]: American Lives Film Project, Inc.; Distributed by PBS Video, c1998. CMA: VID B18W949 F828 Charisse, Ute, et. al. The Cola-Cola bottle and the Red and blue chair. [videorecording]. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & the Sciences; distributed by RM Arts, c1995. CMA: VID P10.92 C659 Charisse, Ute, et. al. Compostition cutlery and Swatch [videorecording]. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities & Sciences; distributed by RM Arts, c1994. CMA VID P10.92 C737 Diversion of Keramos. [Panel Discussion at the Cleveland Institute of Art]. Cleveland: Cleveland Institute of Art, 1984 CIA: archives cassette .D641 Eames, Charles, et.al. The films of Charles & Ray Eames [videorecording] / produced by Eames Demetrios & Shelley Mills ; introduction written by Eames Demetrios. Santa Monica, CA : Pyramid Films, c1989. CMA: U18E12f F487 Eames, Charles, et.al. Toccata for toy trains [videorecording] / film made by Charles and Ray Eames. Parade, or, Here they come down the street / made by Charles and Ray Eames. [Edited and restored version] / a production of the Eames Office; produced by Eames Demetrios & Shelley Mills; executive producer, Lucia Eames Demetrios; editing & video restoration, Eames Demetrios. : Pyramid Home Video, 1993. CMA: VID U18E12f T631 Gorman, Laurie A., et. al. American quilts. [videorecording]. Wisconsin Public Television. [S.l.] : PBS Home Video, c1999. CMA: VID V81 A278 Kaye, Jeffrey., et. al. Artful architecture the Getty Center and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. [videorecording]: Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1999. CMA: VID B56 A786 Kovel, Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. Collecting with the Kovel’s--American [videorecording] / a production of DBG Communications, Inc. in cooperation with Antiques, Inc. Beachwood, OH: Antiques, Inc., c1995. CMA: VID Q18 K88b; CIA: Video NK/4007/.K68/tapes 1-2 Kras, Reyer and Christopher Scouter. London transport map & VW Beetle [videorecording]. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences; distributedby RM Arts, c1997. CMA VID B56 A786 McCullough, David G., et. al. The Shakers hands to work, hearts to God/[videorecording]: a film by Ken Burns, a Florentine Films production. [Alexandra, Va.]: [Atlanta]: PBS Home Video; [Distributed by] Turner Home Entertainment, c1996. CMA: VID P18 S527 Riggs, Marlon T., et. al. Ethnic notions black people in white minds / [videorecording]: San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, c1987 CMA: VID Y18 E84 Success by design: The Schreckengost Legacy/ [videorecording]: Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art and PBS/Cleveland, 2000. CMA: VID E185378 A213a; CIA: Video N/6537/.S373/A4/2000

4 JOURNAL ARTICLES

Adams, Henry. “Master of Design.” Members Magazine, (Nov. 2000) pp. 4-5 CMA: A68C635 M984b; CIA periodical collection “Architectural Ceramic Sculpture Citation Awarded to Schreckengost for The Chimney Tower of the Bird Building in Cleveland’s Zoological Park.” American Artist, v. 16 (Jan. 1952) p. 44. CMA: A20 A784i “Awarded First Architectural Ceramic Sculpture Citation at the 16th Ceramic National.” Craft Horizons, v. 12 (Jan. 1952) p. 46. CMA: A20 C885a “Ceramic Reliefs of Birds by Schreckengost in Cleveland’s Zoological Park.” American Artist, v. 15 (June 1951) p. 53. CMA: A20 A784i “Ceramic Sculptures by V. Schreckengost, New Bird Building in Cleveland Zoological Park.” Progressive Architecture, v. 33 (Mar. 1952), pp. 94-95. CMA: A20 P397p Grafly, D. “Sculptor of Form in Space: An Interview.” American Artist, v. 13 (May 1949) pp. 48-56. CMA: A20 A784i Hawley, Henry. “Cowan Pottery and the Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art. v. 76 (Sept. 1989) pp. 238-263. CMA: A68C635 M984; CIA periodical collection Hays, James Byers. “Collaboration: Architect and Sculptor; Bird Building in Cleveland Zoological Park.” Journal of the American Institute of Architects, v. 17 (Jan. 1952) pp. 19-25. CMA: B20 J86 McCroskey, Nancy. “Viktor Schreckengost’s Architectural Terra Cotta.” Ceramics Monthly, v. 45 (Oct. 1997) pp. 65-69. CIA periodical collection “New Designs for Mass Production: Four Sets of Tableware Designed by V. Schreckengost.” Design (London), v. 37 (Nov. 1935) pp. 14-15. CMA: A20 D457 “Outstanding Ceramics of the Year.” Design (London), v. 53 (Dec. 1951) pp. 64- CMA: A20 D457 Perelman, Mary. “Happy birthday! Viktor Schreckengost marks a milestone.” Link, v.19 # 3 (June 1986), pp.3-9. CMA: A68C635 C6352; CIA periodical collection “Portrait.” American Artist, v. 13 (May 1949) p. 37 CMA: A20 A784i Peterson, Susan. “Clay Honors its Own.” American Craft, v. 40 (June/July 1980), pp. 2-7. CMA: A20 C885a; CIA periodical collection Silberman, Robert. “The First Moderns.” American Craft, v. 49, no. 1 (Feb/Mar 1989) pp. 47-53, 71. CMA: A20 C885a; CIA periodical collection Stubblebine, James H. and M. P. Eidelberg. “Viktor Schreckengost and the Cleveland School.” Craft Horizons, v. 35 (June 1975) pp. 34-35+ CMA: A20 C885a; CIA periodical collection “Viktor Schreckengost: artist and educator.” Link, v. 27 # 2 (1995), pp. 4-5. CMA: A68C635 C6352; CIA periodical collection “Viktor Schreckengost of Ohio.” Studio Potter, v. 11 (Dec. 1982) pp. 74-79. CMA: A20 S933st; CIA periodical collection

5 “Viktor Schreckengost/: In Conversation.” American Craft. v. 57 (June/July 1997) pp. 44-49, 70, 72. CMA:A20 C885a; CIA periodical collection Wechsler, Susan. “The New American Ceramics: The Factory Designer is Joined by the Architect, Craftsperson and Industrial Designer.” Industrial Design, v. 32 (May/June 1985) pp. 22 – 27 + CIA periodical collection

CMA & CIA ARCHIVES

The CMA Archives house the records of the May Show, in which Schreckengost’s works were exhibited in 1928, 1933-1943, 1946-1968, and 1970-1971. The records contain biographical information about Schreckengost (including photographs) and other artists, administrative information about the May Show, photographs of many of the May show objects, and cards indicating the years artists entered the show. The archives also holds all of the entry forms to the May Show, which indicate the artists and the title of objects entered into the May Show, the price of the objects, and whether or not the objects were accepted or rejected. The Archives of the Cleveland Institute of Art (located in the Library) is the historical record of the Institute and includes the Institute scrapbook (a clipping file from 1882-present), photographs, Institute publications, Institute catalogs, Institute posters, Institute exhibition announcements, and other special collections. The scrapbook contains clippings from the local, regional, and national press and is indexed by personal name. There is also name access to the photograph collection. There is plenty of information on Schreckengost in the Institute’s archives. None of the materials are available for loan. Photocopying and photographing arrangements vary according to the specific collection and are permitted only with the permission of the library staff. You may consult the archives: Monday-Friday 9:00-4:30. Please call in advance, 216-421-7440.

SCHRECKENGOST PAPERS AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

The Schreckengost Collection, dating back to the 1920s, includes job folders with correspondence, sketches, blueprints, and contracts with other prominent firms in the Cleveland area who participated in a particular job. Companies and organizations with which Viktor was associated during his career are included in the archives. The collection is housed in Special Collections at the Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University. Click here to access the finding aid.

WEB SITES

The Cleveland Institute of Art www.cia.edu The Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.com The Cowan Pottery Museum http://w ww .rrpl.org/cowan/index.html Viktor Schreckengost Foundation http://www.cmgww.com/historic/viktors/foundation/index.html Viktor Schreckengost Papers at the Archives of American Art http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/viktor-schreckengost-papers-11511

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