Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906-2008)

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  Jeddu, Queen of the Mangbetu Tribe, 1931. Patinated bronze with gunmetal-black patina, mounted on a stepped truncated pyramidal base. Inscribed Viktor Schreckengost and dated 1931; numbered 4. Schreckengost modeled Jeddu in plaster in 1931 after photographs taken by his colleague Paul Travis during Travis's 1928 expedition to the Belgian Congo. The sculpture portrays Queen Jeddu of the Mangbetu people, whose elongated cranium and elaborately woven coiffure became one of the most arresting subjects of the artist's early career. Together with its companion Mangbetu Child (1932), depicting Jeddu's daughter Legenda, the work stands among Schreckengost's most iconic sculptures and remains the source of the Attleboro Arts Museum's annual Viktor Schreckengost Mangbetu Award. The artist (1906–2008), founder of America's first industrial design program at the Cleveland Institute of Art and recipient of the National Medal of Arts (2006), is widely regarded as the father of American industrial design. Provenance: The Collection of Joseph Kisvardai, Cleveland, Ohio. Exhibited: Honoring Our Past Masters: The Golden Age of Cleveland Art, 1900–1945, Wolfs Gallery, Cleveland, July 12 – August 31, 2018 (curated by Henry Adams). Literature: Currents Magazine (illustrated, 2018); CAN Journal, "Joe and Elaine Kisvardai Collect Cleveland School Artists as Friends, Too," May 2023 (illustrated in situ).

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