Apocalypse 42

Viktor Schreckengost, Apocalypse '42, 1942, terracotta and glaze with engobe, 15 3820 388 18 in. (39.151.820.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1985.92.1

Artwork Details

Title
Apocalypse 42
Date
1942
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
15 3820 388 18 in. (39.151.820.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums
Mediums Description
terracotta and glaze with engobe
Classifications
Subjects
  • Allegory — death
  • Religion — New Testament — Last Judgment
  • Portrait male — Mussolini — caricature
  • Portrait male — Hitler, Adolf — caricature
  • Allegory — civic — fascism
Object Number
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

Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019

Works by this artist (5 items)

Akio Takamori, Ochre Landscape, 2014, stoneware with underglazes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Giselle and Ben Huberman, Barbara and Arnold Berlin, Leon and Miriam Ellsworth, Bruce and Leslie Lane, Chris Rifkin, Jacqueline Urow, Judith S. Weisman, Anne Mehringer and Terry Beaty, Diane Charnov, Robert Minkoff, and Mark and Reba Immergut, 2016.12.2, © 2014, Akio Takamori
Ochre Landscape
Date2014
stoneware with underglazes
Not on view
Akio Takamori, Green Mountain, 2015, stoneware with underglazes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Fleur S. Bresler, Sharon and Robert Buchanan, Brenda Erickson, Carol and Joe Green, Michele Manatt and Wolfram Anders, Clemmer Montague, Gilbert and Bonnie Schwartz, Kathryn Van Wyk, Patricia A. Young, Marilyn Hardis, and Diane and Marc Grainer, 2016.12.1, © 2015, Akio Takamori
Green Mountain
Date2015
stoneware with underglazes
Not on view
Akio Takamori, Woman and Child, 2002, stoneware, underglaze, and acrylic paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Driek and Michael Zirinsky in honor of Anton and Donna Bestebreurtje, 2015.28.5, © 2002, Akio Takamori
Woman and Child
Date2002
stoneware, underglaze, and acrylic paint
Not on view
Akio Takamori, School Boy, 1999, porcelain with under and overglazes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Driek and Michael Zirinsky in honor of Judy Hill, 2015.28.4, © Akio Takamori
School Boy
Date1999
porcelain with under and overglazes
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.

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