Sheriff of Pecos
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
29 × 15 × 22 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken
Accession Number
2013.357
Tags
Cleveland Institute of Art (alumni)May Showmale
About this artwork
Figural studies were emphasized in ceramics classes at the Kunstgewerbeschule, where Clevelanders Viktor Schreckengost and Russell Barnett Aitken studied in 1929–30. Aitken absorbed the Viennese style of exaggeration and caricature as seen in this depiction of a popular folk hero of the Wild West, incorporating such motifs into his work for the rest of his career.