Object Details
Artist
Viktor Schreckengost, born Sebring, OH 1906-died Tallahassee, FL 2008
Sitter
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
Exhibition Label
I've always felt that you can say more with one vivid cartoon than you can with a lot of heavy words. -- Viktor Schreckengost
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019
Luce Center Label
Viktor Schreckengost created Apocalypse '42 a few months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This image of a frightened horse bearing Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito, and a figure of Death across the globe was made to protest the rise of fascism. The drips of bloodred glaze around the horse's head and hooves were an unintentional effect of the firing process.
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Date
1942
Object number
1985.92.1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Crafts
Medium
terracotta and glaze with engobe
Dimensions
15 3/8 x 20 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. (39.1 x 51.8 x 20.6 cm.)
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Department
Renwick Gallery
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Allegory\death
Religion\New Testament\Last Judgment
Allegory\civic\fascism
Portrait male\caricature
Portrait male\caricature
Portrait male\caricature
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1985.92.1