Peter Voulkos, Signed (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine large format exhibition catalogue, SIGNED and inscribed and dated by Voulkos. Black boards, gold lettering. Jacket Very Good, some scratches and rumpling. Exhibition at the Oakland Museum, 22 July - 12 November, 1995 and at the Newport Harbor Art Museum, 8 December, 1995 - 25 February, 1996 and at the American Craft Museum, New York, 21 March - 9 June 1996. Essays by Rose Slivka and Karen Tsujimoto, chronology, checklist of the exhibition, bibliography, index. 191 pages. This full-scale monograph presents a rich selection from the oeuvre of this internationally acclaimed American artist. Voulkos emerged in the fifties as the first ceramic artist to move his clay forms from a functional context into the world of deep personal expression. He received many awards. M03545. Signed by Author(s).

Voulkos, Peter (American 1924-2020) PLATE. Stoneware, glazed, and with painted design. Circa 1950s. Signed on the base.9 1/2 diameter x 1 1/2 inches high. Registered in the Voulkos and Co. catalogAlthough undated, this is an early piece by Voulkos, likely from the 1950s, showing his mastery of traditional forms and glazes, from which he moved on to the non-utilitarian sculptural forms for which he is best known. In excellent condition. In 1953 Voulkos taught at Black Mountain College,where is met Rauchenberg, Albers, Cage, and others who were already producing abstract works in their various media. When he went to New York after the summer ended he met other artist working in what came to be known as Abstract Expressionism. These encounters encouraged him to produce gestural works which showed that the aesthetic of abstract expressionism could be successfully transferred to ceramics.

Voulkos, Peter (American 1924-20020 VASE. Stoneware, glazed, and with incised design. Circa mid-1950s. Signed on the base, but illegibly.10 1/2 tall x 6 inches in diameter. Although undated, this is an early piece by Voulkos, likely from the 1950s, showing his mastery of traditional forms and glazes, from which he moved on to the non-utilitarian sculptural forms for which he is best known. In excellent condition. In 1953 Voulkos taught at Black Mountain College,where is met Rauchenberg, Albers, Cage, and others who were already producing abstract works in their various media. When he went to New York after the summer ended he met other artist working in what came to be known as Abstract Expressionism. These encounters encouraged him to produce gestural works which showed that the aesthetic of abstract expressionism could be successfully transferred to ceramics.

Voulkos, Peter (American 1924-20020 UNTITLED BOTTLE FORM. Stoneware, painted and glazed. Signed on the bottom. 7 inches tall, 5 ½ inches in diameter. Provenance: Private collection California, acquired from Fred Marer. Marer was a mathematics professor and collector;he and his wife donated a major collection of American and Asian pottery to Scripps College. Although undated, this is an early piece by Voulkos, likely from the 1950s, showing his mastery of traditions forms and glazes, from which he moved on to non-utilitarian sculptural forms for which he is best known.