Apocalypse ’42

Viktor Schreckengost, Apocalypse '42, 1942, terracotta and glaze with engobe, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1985.92.1

Viktor Schreckengost, Apocalypse '42, 1942, terracotta and glaze with engobe, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1985.92.1

Viktor Schreckengost, Apocalypse '42, 1942, terracotta and glaze with engobe, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1985.92.1

Viktor Schreckengost, Apocalypse '42, 1942, terracotta and glaze with engobe, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1985.92.1

Viktor Schreckengost, Apocalypse '42, 1942, terracotta and glaze with engobe, 15 ³⁄₈ x 20 ³⁄₈ x 8 ¹⁄₈ in. (39.1 x 51.8 x 20.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1985.92.1

Artwork Details

Title: Apocalypse ’42
Artist: Viktor Schreckengost
Date: 1942
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 15 ³⁄₈ x 20 ³⁄₈ x 8 ¹⁄₈ in. (39.1 x 51.8 x 20.6 cm.)
Credit Line: Gift of the artist
Mediums: ceramic
Mediums Description: terracotta and glaze with engobe
Classifications: Decorative Arts
Subjects: Portrait male — Hitler, Adolf — caricature
Portrait male — Mussolini — caricature
Allegory — civic — fascism
Allegory — death
Religion — New Testament — Last Judgment
Object Number: 1985.92.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.92.1

Artwork Description

I've always felt that you can say more with one vivid cartoon than you can with a lot of heavy words. -- Viktor Schreckengost

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