Peter Voulkos (1924-2002)


Covered Tureencirca 1953wheel-thrown gas fired stoneware with wax resist decoration and semi-matte and iron-bearing glaze, inscribed 'Voulkos', '53. 2270 B49' in red paint, remains of a paper labelheight 14 1/2in (37cm); diameter 14 1/4in (36.3cm)
|Peter Voulkos won the first prize in the pottery category for this tureen at the Eighth National Decorative Arts and Ceramics Exhibition at the Wichita National in 1953ProvenancePrivate Collection, Florida 'Made in California', Bonhams, Los Angeles, May 4, 2009, Lot 9044 ExhibitionEighth National Decorative Arts and Ceramics Exhibition, The Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas, April 11-May 11, 1953LiteratureEighth National Decorative Arts and Ceramics Exhibition, The Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas, April 11-May 11, 1953, Brochure, checklist # 344'Show Time: Eighth National Decorative Arts-Ceramic Exhibition,' Ceramics Monthly, July 1953, p.18, illustration