Russell Barnett Aitken

The Hitchhiker

1938

A ceramic centaur struggles while clutching a reclining woman on a turquoise base.
A ceramic centaur struggles while clutching a reclining woman on a turquoise base.

Russell Barnett Aitken, The Hitchhiker, 1938. Ceramic, overall: 17 1/8 × 13 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (43.5 × 33.7 × 16.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 39.11

Recto

Not on view

Date
1938

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Ceramic

Dimensions
Overall: 17 1/8 × 13 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (43.5 × 33.7 × 16.5 cm)

Accession number
39.11

Credit line
Purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/2598



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