Prix estimatif: 30,000—50,000 US$
Prix réalisé : 48,000 US$
Enchères:
20th Century Decorative Arts
Date de vente: 2007-03-31
Lieu des enchères:
New York
Numéro du lot: 234
Design
VIKTOR SCHRECKENGOST
Fabricant
Cowan Pottery Studio
Numéro ID d'Architonic
4107521
From Cowan's second production series
the interior decorated with a band of bubbles and stars
Underside of ring base impressed COWAN with firm's mark, and with foundation tag marked with serial number 8915
Glazed earthenware
9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm) high 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm) diameter
Manufactured by Cowan Pottery Studio, Rocky River, OH
Provenance:
Grant Powers, artist and illustrator for the New York Daily News, ca. 1930s
Thence by descent
Literature and References:
The Cowan Potters, Inc., March 17, 1931, p. 2
Karen Davies, At Home in Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression, New Haven, 1983, p. 81
Henry Adams, Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-Century Design, Cleveland, 2000, pp. 90 and 95 (for other examples of the flared-rim ''Jazz'' bowl presently offered) and pp. 88-95 (for a detailed discussion of the three variants of Schreckengost's ''Jazz'' bowls)