High Style: Albert Wasserman’s Collection of Cleveland Art
Marianne Berardi
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was drawn to material with high chroma, dramatic design, and pizzazz, and when
aggressive artist who produced a Cubist painting that you can put up against any of
upholstered in bold geometric patterns and stripes which complimented the works on Cubist landscapes, calligraphic tigers, glazed ceramic gorillas, leopards, embracing
was ahead of his time in appreciating and collecting the work of many women artists of Cleveland including Edris Eckhardt, whom he found to be enormously innovative
Marianne Berardi
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1932, Second Prize
1. George Adomeit (American, 1879-1967) , 1932 Oil on board, 16 x 20 inches
Watercolor on paper, 7.5 x 10 inches
Watercolor on paper, 10.5 x 14.5 inches
2. George Adomeit (American, 1879-1967) , c. 1932
3. George Adomeit (American, 1879-1967) , c. 1932
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1947, Third Prize
4. Kenneth Bates (American, 1904-1994)
Recent Obsessions, 1945 Enamel, 4 x 4 inches
New York Society of Craftsman, 1951
Boston Society of Arts and Crafts, 1953
City Club of Cleveland, One Man Show, 1955
Brooklyn Art Museum, One Man Show, 1960
Chicago Art Institute, One Man Show, 1961
Cleveland Institute of Art, 1983
5. Kenneth Bates (American, 1904-1994)
Two Cacti, 1947 Enamel, 8 x 8 inches
6. Kenneth Bates (American, 1904-1994)
Botanical Motifs, 1953
Enamel, 9 Inches
7. August Biehle (American, 1885-1979) , c. 1911 Gouache on paper, 16 x 11.5 inches
Exhibited: Canton Museum of Art, August F. Biehle Jr. - Styles & Imagery, 1999
8. August Biehle (American, 1885-1979) , c. 1925
Oil on panel, 27 × 35.5 inches
9. August Biehle (American, 1885-1979) , c. 1936
Great Lakes Exposition (World’s Fair) Gouache on paper, 14.5 × 39 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1933, First Prize Cleveland Museum of Art, Art of the Jazz Age, 2004
10. Lawrence Blazey (American, 1902-1999) Stacks of Wheat, 1933 Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 inches
11. Lawrence Blazey (American, 1902-1999) Queen Tiger Fish, c. 1950
Ceramic mounted on driftwood, 13 x 14 x 3.5 inches
12. Lawrence Blazey (American, 1902-1999) Bag of Apples, c. 1950
Ceramic, 6 x 14 x 5.5 inches, including base
13. Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981)
Venetian Serenade, c. 1950
Oil on board, 36 x 18 inches
14. Moe Brooker (American, 1940-2022) On the Move, 1980
Pastel on paper, 40 x 26.5 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1929, First Prize Cleveland Museum of Art, , 1929 Potter-Bentley Studios, Cleveland, Ohio, The Art of Arthur D. Brooks, 1931
15. Arthur D. Brooks (American, 1877-1954) Sharon, 1929 Oil on canvas, 18 x 20 inches
California Sunset, 1925 Oil on panel, 13.5 x 8.5 inches
17. Charles Campbell (American, 1905-1985) 1946
Oil on panel, 17.5 x 22.5 inches
18. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) , 1926 Oil on panel, 18 x 16 inches
Collection of William Milliken, director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1930-1958
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1931, First Prize
19. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Plums, 1930
Oil on canvas, 22 x 15 inches
20. Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Torre di Tiberio, 1951 Oil on canvas, 21 x 18 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, , 1947
21. Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940)
The Old Brewery, c. 1912 Oil on canvas, 26 x 22 inches
22. Clara Deike (American, 1881-1964) Modernist Village Landscape, c. 1935 Oil on panel, 20 x 18 inches
23. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) Spring, c. 1930
Ceramic, 12.5 x 5.5 x 3 inches
24. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) Bust, 1933
Ceramic, 8.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches, including base
Ceramic,
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1938
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Ceramic Nationals, 1938
25. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) , 1938
15 x 11 x 7 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1939
26. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) Radio Reception, 1939 Ceramic, 24 x 8 x 4 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1939
27. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) , c. 1939
Ceramic, 13 x 7 x 6 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1939
28. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) Night, c. 1939
Ceramic, 13.5 x 7 x 6 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1944, Second Prize
29. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) Midnight Ride, 1944
Ceramic, 10 x 11 x 5 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1946, First Prize
30. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) , 1946
Ceramic, 8.5 x 9 x 5 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1949
31. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998)
Trick-or-Treat, 1949
Ceramic, 13.5 x 8 x 7 inches
32. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) , 1952
Ceramic, 16.5 x 11 x 8 inches, including base
33. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) , c. 1975
Glass, 16.5 x 4 x 3 inches
34. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) , c. 1975
Bronze, 16.5 x 4 x 3 inches
35. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) Madonna, 1977
Glass, 8.5 x 3 x 4 inches, including base
36. Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998)
Portrait of a Lady, 1983
Gold glass with applied enamel, 8 x 7.5 inches
37. Evershed Seated Pan, c. 1930
Ceramic, 7 x 6 x 5.5 inches
38. Robert Fritz (American, 1920-1986)
Vessel, c. 1960
Ceramic, 9 x 7 x 5 inches
39. Carl Frederick Gaertner (American 1898-1952) , 1928 Oil on canvas, 29 x 35 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1928 Cleveland Museum of Art, Transformations in Cleveland Art 1796-1946, 1996
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1960
40. Marjorie Evans Goslee (American, 20th Century)
Branch Bottle #2, 1960
Ceramic, 13.5 x 15 x 8 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1951
41. Richard Gosminski (American, b. 1926)
A Visit to the Zoo, 1951 Gouache on paper, 17.5 x 23.5 inches
42. Richard Gosminski (American, b. 1926) Berthe, 1953
Oil on canvas, 30 x 22 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1929
43. William C. Grauer (American, 1885-1985) Scrub and Pines, 1929 Oil on canvas, 18 x 20 inches
44. Waylande Gregory (American, 1905-1971)
Reclining Nude, 1956
Ceramic, 6.5 x 11.5 x 5 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1930
45. Jack J. Greitzer (American, 1910-1989) Sunlight Through the Clouds, 1930 Gouache and pastel on artist board, 13 x 18 inches
46. Jacobsen (20th Century)
Portrait Vase, 1949
Ceramic, 13 x 6 x 6 inches
Nature Walk, 1960
Tempera on masonite, 18 x 28.5 inches
47. Hazel Janicki (American, 1918-1976)
Egg tempera on panel, 17.5 x 13.5 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1945
48. Hazel Janicki (American, 1918-1976) Nocturne, 1945
Oil
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1945
The Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 1945 New Year Show
49. Hazel Janicki (American, 1918-1976) Ballet Mirage, 1945
and encaustic on panel, 18.25 x 16 inches
50. Frank Jirouch (American, 1878-1970) Statuette, 1922
Bronze, 14.5 x 5 x 3 inches
Watercolor on paper, 13 x 10 inches
51. Henry G. Keller (American, 1869-1949) Morocco, c. 1925
52. HL
Seated Cellist, c. 1930
Plaster, 10.5 x 7 x 6 inches
53. William McVey (American, 1905-1995) Lamb, c. 1935 Bronze, 11.5 x 9 x 4.5 inches
54. Edwin Mieczkowski (American, 1929-2017)
The Bathers, 1952 Oil on board, 18 x 24 inches
55. F. Luis Mora (American, 1874-1940)
Native American, c. 1930s
Ceramic, 9 x 7 x 5 inches
56. Joseph Motto (American, 1891-1965)
Bacchant with Mask, c. 1920 Bronze, 8.5 x 5 x 5 inches, including base
57. Joseph Motto (American, 1891-1965) Listening to the Ocean, 1930 Ceramic, 10 x 5 x 3 inches
58. Joseph Motto (American, 1891-1965)
Portrait Bust, c. 1930
Bronze, 11 x 5 x 4 inches, including base
59. Joseph Motto (American, 1891-1965) Bust of a Female, c. 1940 Ceramic, 14 x 8 x 5 inches
60. Ken Nevadomi (American, 1939-2023)
The Woman Who Liked Shoes, 1985
Acrylic on canvas, 49 x 55 inches
61. Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977) Chickadee and Kinglet, c. 1945 Oil on panel, 15 x 26 inches
62. P. Sacca
Kneeling Nude, c. 1950
Ceramic, 13 x 15.5 x 7 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1931
63. Walter Sinz (American, 1881-1966) Diana, 1930 Plaster, 13 x 5 x 3.5 inches
64. Walter Sinz (American, 1881-1966)
Zinnia, c. 1930
Plaster, 9 x 8 x 4 inches
65. Walter Sinz (American, 1881-1966)
Seated Female, c. 1940
Ceramic, 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 inches
66. Walter Sinz (American, 1881-1966)
Torso, c. 1930
Ceramic, 12.5 x 7 x 3.5 inches
67. Walter Sinz (American, 1881-1966) , 1943
Cast stone, 10 x 4.5 x 8 inches
68. Walter Sinz (American, 1881-1966) Mother and Child, 1949
Plaster, 23.5 x 6 x 9 inches
69. Walter Sinz (American, 1881-1966) Mother and Child, 1951
Plaster, 9.5 x 3 x 4 inches
70. William Sommer (American, 1867-1949) , 1911
Watercolor on paper, 5 x 6.5 inches
71. William Sommer (American, 1867-1949) Incantation, c. 1915
Watercolor on paper, 11 x 15 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art,
72. William Sommer (American, 1867-1949) Landscape with Soft Hills, c. 1915 Oil on canvas, 19 x 25 inches
73. William Sommer (American, 1867-1949)
Bathers in Moonlight, c. 1916
Watercolor on paper, 10.5 x 9 inches
Exhibited: Canton Museum of Art and Spring Field Museum of Art, 2003,
The Collection of Ed Hinkle and Buck Segelin
74. William Sommer (American, 1867-1949) Tess With Apples, c. 1930 Oil on board, 18 x 16 inches
75. William Sommer (American, 1867-1949)
Tyrannus, c. 1935
Watercolor and pen and ink on paper, 7.5 x 9.5 inches
76. Mary Spain (American, 1934-1983))
c. 1980
Pastel on paper, 9 x 16.5 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1948 Cleveland Museum of Art, Transformations in Cleveland Art 1796-1946, 1996
77. Rolf Stoll (American, 1892-1978) Beverley in Her Blue Hat, 1948 Oil on panel, 31 x 24 inches
78. Toshiko Takaezu (American 1922- 2011) Double Form Five Spouted Vessel, 1959 Ceramic, 14 x 10 x 7 inches
79. John Teyral (American, 1912-1999) Marrakech, 1937
Watercolor on paper, 12 x 14 inches
80. John Teyral (American, 1912-1999) , 1938 Watercolor on paper, 20 x 13 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1929, First Prize
81. Paul B. Travis (American, 1891-1975) , 1929 Oil on canvas, 27 x 36 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1937 and , 1937-1938
82. Paul B. Travis (American, 1891-1975) Amaryllis Flower and Landscape, 1937 Oil on panel, 24 x 18.5 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1925, Second Prize
83. Sandor Vago (Hungarian/American 1887-1946) , 1925
Oil on canvas, 34 x 30 inches
84. Reverend Albert Wagner (American, 1924-2006) Bath Time, c. 1980
Ink and acrylic on board, 9 x 7 inches
85. Abel G. Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
California Landscape, c. 1950
Oil on canvas, 18 x 22 inches
Manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte, model number 107
86. Vally Wieselthier (Austrian-American, 1895-1945)
Vase, c. 1920
Ceramic, 7.5 x 8 x 3 inches
Manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte, model number 682
87. Susi Singer-Schinnerl (Austrian-American, 1891-1965)
Man with Two Dogs, c. 1925
Ceramic, 13 x 5.5 x 4 inches
Manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte, model number 458
88. Vally Wieselthier (Austrian-American, 1895-1945)
The Fiddler, 1928
Ceramic, 4.5 x 3 x 2 inches
89. Attributed to Vally Wieselthier (Austrian-American, 1895-1945)
Bust of Josephine Baker, c. 1930
Ceramic, 11.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 inches
90. Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) , 1932
Watercolor on artist board, 22 x 32.5 inches
91. Edward Winter (American, 1908- 1976)
Antelope, c. 1929
Brass, 18 x 15.5 x 5 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Art of the Jazz Age, 2004
92. Edward Winter (American, 1908-1976) Birth of Venus, c. 1935 Enamel, 23.5 x 23.5 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1938
93. Edward Winter (American 1908-1976)
Helen of Troy, 1938
Enamel, 43 x 18 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show
94. Edward Winter (American 1908-1976) , 1938 Enamel, 21 × 30 inches
1938
95. Thelma Frazier Winter (American, 1903-1977)
The Sirens, c. 1937
Ceramic, 17.5 x 15 x 5 inches, including base
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1940, First Prize Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Ceramic Nationals, 1938 , San Francisco, 1938
96. Thelma Frazier Winter (American, 1903-1977) Dancer, 1938
Ceramic, 23 x 6 x 5 inches
97. Thelma Frazier Winter (American, 1903-1977)
Dancing Figure, c. 1940
Ceramic, 26 x 7.5 x 5 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1940, First Prize Cleveland Museum of Art, , 2004
98. Thelma Frazier Winter (American, 1903-1977) , 1940 Ceramic, 23 x 7.5 x 7 inches
99. Thelma Frazier Winter (American, 1903-1977)
Polychrome Turtle, c. 1940
Ceramic, 9 x 11 x 16 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1941, Second Prize Cleveland Museum of Art, , 2004
100. Thelma Frazier Winter (American, 1903-1977) Bareback Ballerina, 1941 Ceramic, 13 x 5 x 8 inches
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1948
101. Thelma Frazier Winter (American, 1903-1977) , 1948
Ceramic, four pieces
Exhibited: The National League of American Pen Women, Tulsa Oklahoma, National Biennial Art Exhibition of 1966
102. Thelma Frazier Winter (American, 1903-1977) , c. 1960
103. Marguerite Zorach (American, 1887-1968)
Three Nudes in a Wooded Landscape, c. 1912
Watercolor on paper, 14 x 10 inches
104. William Zorach (American, 1891-1966) First Steps, 1918 Bronze, 8.5 x 5 x 4 inches
105. Amphora Pottery, Austrian, 20th Century
Art Nouveau Style Vase with Scarab Beetles
Ceramic, 14 x 5 x 5 inches
106. 19th Century Chinese Seated Buddha with Foo Dog in the Ming Style Carved wood, 11 x 8.5 x 7 inches
107. Late 19th Century Chinese
Decorated metal, 9 x 7.5 x 7.5 inches
108. Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856-1940)
Articulated Folio Stand
Lacquered wood with tooled leather and metal decoration within a bamboo motif, 23.5 x 31 x 10 inches
Acknowledgments
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Wolverton, Cerulean Conservation, LLC
To all those, anonymous and otherwise, who
The Wasserman family
Kristen Newell
Clara
Mr. Albert’s World, July 2009- January 2017
metal leaf, laminated color electrostatic prints on paper, gelatin silver print, shellac,
Christopher Pekoc (American, b. 1941)
“We have major talent right here. Look around you! My collection is proof of that.”
- Albert Wasserman
