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Walking Man

  • Artist Peter Voulkos
  • Year 1990
  • Type Ceramic Art
  • Medium Woodfired stoneware
  • Dimensions 71,1 x 50,8 x 40,6 cm (28 x 20 x 20,5 in.)
  • Info
    Incised with the artist's signature and dated 'VOULKOS 90' (lower edge).
    This work is listed under CR1025.0-W in the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project Quest Database.
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ruth Braunstein, San Francisco (acquired directly from the artist).
    Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner.
    Made in California: Contemporary Art - Bonhams (Lot 106, 2024-04-17).
  • Literature

    1. Kangas, M. (1993) ‘Feats of Clay, Thanks to the Folks at Bray’, The Seattle Times, 20 September, p. F3.

    Exhibitions:

    1. Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, Peter Voulkos: Recent Works, 5 February-9 March 1991. Catalogue, ill. p. 7.
    2. Warehouse Gallery, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT. The Legacy of the Archie Bray Foundation: Four Decades of Tradition & Innovation in American Ceramic Art, 22 July–15 August. Traveled to the Bellevue Art Museum, Washington. 18 September–7 November 1993. Catalogue, text by Donna Douglas & Frances Senska.
    3. John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA. California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Annual Exhibit, 31 March–1 May 1994.
    4. The Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, Art and Other Tactics: Contemporary Craft by Artist Veterans, 26 September 2015–20 March 2016, (Curated by Craft in America Center Director, Emily Zaiden).
    5. Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California, Fired Up: Monumental Clay, 18 June-28 August 2016.
    6. Geneva, Switzerland. Gagosian Geneva. Fire and Clay, 25 September-15 December 2018.
    7. Blunk Space, Point Reyes Station, California, Ceramics: Mingei to Modern, 9 October-28 November 2021.

    8. Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, Twenty-five Treasures 2023, 6 July-19 August 2023.