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Ceramics 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Paintings Prints Bronzes	Peter Voulkos, Untitled 1956 (two views) Stoneware with glaze 30-1/2 × 15 inches diameter Signed and dated Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Provenance: Collection of Barbara and Peter Freund. Collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art; Purchased with the Leonard and Norma Klorfine Foundation Endowed Fund for Modern and Contemporary Craft, 2013. Exhibitions: Department of Decorative Arts, The Art Institute of Chicago. Third Midwest Designer-Craftsmen 1957 Honor Awards-Peter Voulkos, 27 March-24 April 1957. Catalogue. Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Peter Voulkos Retrospective. 2 January-20 February 1995. Traveled to the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 28 February-2 April 1995. Catalogue; texts by Rose Slivka, Hisako Tsuchida and Ryuichi Matsubara; ill. p. 56, color plate 23. Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years, 18 October 2016-15 March 2017, checklist #9. Travels to the Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C. 7 April-20 August 2017. Catalogue, pp. 135, 186; ill. p. 134, color plate 10; p. 135, fig. 10, p. 139. Literature: “Midwest Designer-Craftsmen Show,” Chicago Sun-Times, March 27, 1957, ill. Philadelphia Museum of Art Handbook, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pa. 2014; p. 384, ill. p. 385. Kephart, Beth. “Spreading the Joy of Crafts,“ The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 24, 2016, ill. Rosenberg, Karen, “Peter Voulkos: an Influential Sculptor Who Broke the Rules,” The New York Times, December 29, 2016, ill. (online version). Adamson, Glenn. “Front: Rewriting the Rules,” Crafts magazine, England, January/February 2017, ill. p. 17. Andréani, Carole. “Peter Voulkos: Naissance de la Céramique Américaine,” La Revue de la Céramique et du Verre, (France), March-April 2017, ill. pp. 14, 15. Tuchman, Phyllis. “On Fire: Peter Voulkos’s ’Breakthrough Years’ Shine at the Renwick Gallery,” ARTNEWS, posted online June 21, 2017. Photo: Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art		Lost	Found Rocking Pot Untitled Untitled Covered Jar Jar with Cover Jar with Cover Vase Woman & Satyr Plate Plate	Found Plate Plate Plate Bullfight Plate Dancin’ Ladies Plate Bird Rust Plate Bird Stencil Pot Covered Vessel	Found Walking Man Goblet Stencil Vase Vase Vase Vase Hobgoblin Woman with Gash < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >
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