For "Fergie"

Artist Peter Voulkos (American, 1924 - 2002)

Date1995

MediumEtching

DimensionsSheet: 29 3/4 × 22 1/4 inches (75.57 × 56.52 cm)
Framed: 32 1/2 × 25 inches (82.55 × 63.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Gertrude Ferguson

Object number2016.76.1

SignedSigned and dated on sheet recto, lower right, in pencil: "Voulkos 95".

InscribedInscribed on sheet recto, lower left, in pencil: "A/P" [Artist's Proof]. Inscribed on sheet recto, lower center, in pencil: "For "Fergie"".

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Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionThis work on paper is a vertically oriented etching. It depicts a single large vessel, reminiscent of the artist’s ceramic vessels or stacks, with several delineated sections and a chimney-like top. There is dark shading on the vessel with hatching marks. The background is mottled with a gradation of watered ink stains and splotches which are reminiscent of looming clouds.Provenance

Provenance

Gifted by the Artist to Mr. Ken Ferguson (1928-2004), Shawnee, KS;

Inherited by his wife, Gertrude Ferguson, Shawnee, KS, by 2004;

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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