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Eskimo Family

(American, 1906–1977)
1933–1943
Object PlaceCleveland, Ohio
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware (red clay), molded with glaze
DimensionsOverall: 25.4 x 15.2 x 12.1 cm (10 x 6 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1348
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Inscriptions"W.P.A ART/ [PRO]GR[AM]/ CLEVELAND/ OH" painted in blue on underside of base.
ProvenanceBy 1988, owned by Historical Design (gallery), New York, New York; February 17, 1988, sold to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
Viktor Schreckengost
1939
Viktor Schreckengost
1941
Valerie "Vally" Wieselthier
Thelma Frazier Winter
1940
"Desert" bowl (orange)
Glen Lukens
1935–1945
"Desert" bowl (turquoise blue)
Glen Lukens
1935–1945
Plate (red)
Glen Lukens
1935–1955
Walter Ostrom
1990
Standing Group
Louis Linck
1930s
Valerie "Vally" Wieselthier
about 1930
Pitcher
Wood & Caldwell
about 1814–18
Theodor Willem Nieuwenhuis
about 1896