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Fan Dancer
The collection record classifies this work as ceramic. It is dated 1928. Recorded culture or place: America, Ohio, Cleveland.
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- Museum title
- Fan Dancer
- Date
- 1928
- Culture / origin
- America, Ohio, Cleveland
- Materials and technique
- glazed ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 30.5 x 15.2 cm (12 x 6 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Waylande Gregory (American, 1905–1971); Cowan Pottery Studio (America, Rocky River, Ohio, 1920–1931)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1928.571
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
A stamp on the bottom of this ceramic sculpture indicates that it was produced at the Cowan Pottery studios. Although unsigned, it was most likely designed by Waylande Gregory, one of the studio’s premiere artists. In 1928 the studio’s founder, R. Guy Cowan, brought Gregory to Cleveland from Chicago, where he was developing a reputation as a talented young sculptor. Cowan Pottery, located in Lakewood (1912–17) and later Rocky River (1919–32), Ohio, began producing ceramic sculpture in the mid-1920s, launching its most fertile creative period. Cowan employed a large team of talented artists at the studio, including Walter Sinz, Thelma Frazier Winter, and Viktor Schreckengost. The studio brought national fame to Cleveland ceramists, but was forced to close due to economic circumstances in 1932.
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