Art, literature & historyTio Vivo #1
1949
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- lithograph
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 44.5 x 35.6 cm (17 1/2 x 14 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2023.30
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
Tio Vivo #1 — Howard Cook. 1949.
Medium: lithograph. Dimensions: Sheet: 44.5 x 35.6 cm (17 1/2 x 14 in.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Howard Cook was an American realist is known for his scenes of New York before he moved to the American Southwest. There, he made this image of the famous hand-cranked Taos, New Mexico, carousel, the Tio Vivo (Lively Uncle). Cook’s combination of patterns—striped canvas, clown’s costumes, and zebras—adds a whirring intensity to the ride.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.