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Born the son of a commercial potter in Sebring, Ohio, Viktor Schreckengost learned the craft of sculpting in clay from his father

Upon graduation in 1929, he studied ceramics in Vienna, Austria, where he began to build a reputation, not only for his art, but also as a jazz saxophonist

New Yorker, or The Jazz Bowl, about 1930

The original Jazz Bowl was made for Eleanor Roosevelt

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American Limoges Manhattan Shape Meerschaum Pattern (working model), 1935

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Jeddu, 1931

A clay head, based on a photograph taken by a friend in Africa

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Murray Mercury bicycle, first issued 1939

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Apocalypse '42, 1942

Death is represented by the figure in a German uniform

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1950. One of Viktor's slab form vessels

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Naama, 1939

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Mammoths and Mastodons, 1956

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Blue Revel, 1931

This painting was inspired by a visit to the Globe Theater

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New York Buildings, Blue Background, 1997

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Champion Child's Pedal Car, first issued 1938

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Sketch and advertisement of the cab-over-engine truck design for White Motors