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1 SECTION ONE: EARLY WORKS, Peter Voulkos Covered Jar, about 1953 Glazed stoneware, wax-resist decoration 16 1/2 11 1/2 11 1/2 inches The Buck Collection through the University of California, Irvine 2. Peter Voulkos Covered Jar, 1953 Glazed stoneware and slip, wax-resist decoration, sgraffito 16 1/2 8 1/2 8 1/2 inches Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Gift of Aileen Osborn Webb through the American Craft Council, Peter Voulkos Vase, 1954 Glazed stoneware, wax-resist decoration 14 7/8 11 3/4 11 3/4 inches Collection of the Klein Family 4. Peter Voulkos Vase, about 1956 Glazed stoneware, thrown and slab constructed, slip-stencil technique inches Collection of Pier Voulkos 5. Peter Voulkos Plate, 1956 Partially glazed stoneware and slip, cut, slip-stencil technique, sgraffito 2 3/4 15 1/4 15 inches Lindemann Family Collection, Miami Beach 6. Peter Voulkos Standing Jar, about 1956 Stoneware, thrown and slab constructed 22 1/ inches Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits in honor of the Museum s twenty-fifth anniversary (M ), 1

2 SECTION TWO: POT ASSEMBLAGES, Peter Voulkos Rasgeado, 1956 Stoneware and slip, thrown and slab constructed, assembled, sgraffito inches Collection of Dick and Gloria Anderson 8. Peter Voulkos Untitled, 1956 Stoneware and slip, thrown and slab constructed, assembled 30 1/2 14 1/2 14 3/4 inches Collection of Russ McClure 9. Peter Voulkos Untitled, 1956 Stoneware and dioxide iron oxide with manganese, thrown and slab constructed, assembled, sgraffito 30 1/ inches Philadelphia Museum of Art, purchased with the Leonard and Norma Klorfine Foundation Endowed Fund for Modern and Contemporary Craft, Peter Voulkos Rocking Pot, 1956 Stoneware and colemanite wash, thrown and slab constructed, assembled 13 5/ /2 inches, gift of the James Renwick Alliance and various donors and museum purchase 11. Peter Voulkos Vase, 1956 Stoneware and slip, thrown and slab constructed, assembled 39 1/ inches Museum of Arts and Design, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Gostomski, through the American Craft Council, 1962, 2

3 12. Peter Voulkos Untitled, 1958 Glazed stoneware, thrown and slab constructed, assembled, pounded, sgraffito 28 1/2 20 5/8 11 1/2 inches Collection of Robert A. Ellison Jr SECTION THREE: PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, Peter Voulkos 5000 Feet, 1958 Stoneware, thrown and slab constructed, paddled 45 1/ inches Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Junior Art Council Fund (M.59.16) 14. Peter Voulkos Cross, 1959 Glazed stoneware; thrown and slab constructed 30 1/ inches Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Gift of the Johnson Wax Company through the American Craft Council 15. Peter Voulkos Vase, 1959 Glazed stoneware and iron slip, thrown and slab constructed, paddled, gouged, torn, perforated, sgraffito Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen through the American Craft Council. 39 1/ /2 inches 16. Peter Voulkos Annon, 1959 Stoneware; thrown and slab constructed, paddled, gouged, perforated, sgraffito inches Collection of Dick and Gloria Anderson, 3

4 17. Peter Voulkos Red Through Black #3, 1959 Vinyl paint, sand and clay on canvas 70 1/4 70 1/4 inches Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, gift of Manuel Neri, Peter Voulkos Little Big Horn, 1959 Glazed stoneware and slip; thrown and slab constructed, paddled, gouged, perforated inches Oakland Museum of California, Gift of the Art Guild of the Oakland Museum Association in Memory of Helen Schilling Stelzner 19. Peter Voulkos Tientos, 1959 Clay and iron glazes; thrown and slab constructed, paddled, compressed, gouged, pass-throughs, sgraffito inches San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchased through a gift of Phyllis Wattis and gift of Gregory LaChapelle 20. Peter Voulkos Sitting Bull, 1959 Glazed stoneware and slip, thrown and slab constructed, paddled, sgraffito inches Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Bequest of Hans G. M. de Schulthess 21. Peter Voulkos Falling Red, 1958 Lacquer and sand on canvas inches framed Collection of B. Kate Amesbury, 4

5 SECTION FOUR: EXPERIMENTS IN COLOR, Peter Voulkos USA 41, 1960 Glazed stoneware and epoxy paint; thrown and slab constructed, seamed /4 10 1/2 inches National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Corcoran Collection, Gift of Wayne Parrish, Peter Voulkos Red River, about 1960 Glazed stoneware, slip, and epoxy paint, thrown and slab constructed, gouged, sgraffito /8 13 3/4 inches Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, gift of the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 24. Peter Voulkos Blue Remington, 1961 Vinyl paint and lacquer on canvas inches unframed Collection of Tanya Kovaleski SECTION FIVE: PROCESS AND DEMONSTRATION, Peter Voulkos Josephine, 1961 Glazed stoneware and slip; thrown and slab constructed, ripped, sliced 21 1/4 12 1/4 13 1/2 inches Private collection 26. Peter Voulkos Plate, 1962 Glazed stoneware, torn, sliced, gouged, sgraffito Collection of Oakland Museum of California, Gift of the Art Guild of the Oakland Museum Association, A /4 inches diameter, 5

6 27. Peter Voulkos Plate, 1963 Glazed stoneware; torn, sliced, gouged, sgraffito 12 3/ /4 inches Scripps College, Claremont, California, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer SECTION SIX: BLACKWARES, Peter Voulkos Steel Pot, 1968 Glazed stoneware; assembled, gouged, sgraffito 32 1/2 11 1/2 11 1/2 inches Collection of the Arizona State University Art Museum, Temoe AZ, Museum purchase with funds provided by the American Art Heritage Fund 29. Peter Voulkos Aratsa, 1968 Glazed stoneware and black iron slip, assembled, gouged, sgraffito inches Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, gift of Samuel C Johnson and Sons, Inc Peter Voulkos Untitled, 1968 Glazed stoneware and black iron slip; assembled, gouged, sgraffito /2 11 1/2 inches Collection of Ted Rowland 31. Peter Voulkos Anada, 1968 Glazed stoneware and black iron slip; assembled, gouged, sgraffito 34 3/8 11 3/4 11 1/2 inches San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Gift of Mrs. Edgar Sinton, 6