Plate
Artist
Peter Voulkos
(American, 1924 - 2002)
Date1973
MediumStoneware with glaze
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 19 inches (7.62 × 48.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Gertrude Ferguson from the collection of Ken Ferguson
Object number2010.71.7
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DescriptionCircular stoneware plate or charger of yellowish glazed clay with tears, jabs and three small inclusions of kiln cones.Gallery LabelPeter Voulkos
American, 1924–2002
Plate, 1973
Stoneware with glaze
Gift of Gertrude Ferguson from the collection of Ken Ferguson, 2010.71.7
Friendship
Artists habitually collect meaningful works by their friends and colleagues. Given by Peter Voulkos to Ken Ferguson, former head of the ceramics department of the Kansas City Art Institute, this large plate is a testament to Voulkos’ admiration of his fellow artist and ceramic pioneer. Inspired by the spontaneity of Japanese ceramics and American Abstract Expressionist painting, this plate is charged with a sense of immediacy by Voulkos’ gouges, tears and punctures, as well as by the unpredictable forces of the wood kiln.
Copyright© Estate of Peter Voulkos
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