Peter Voulkos
Untitled Plate

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Artist Peter Voulkos (American, 1924–2002)American, 1924–2002

CultureAmerican

Titles

Untitled Plate

Date1973

PlaceUnited States

MediumStoneware and porcelain

DimensionsOverall: 3 3/8 × 18 1/2 in. (8.6 × 47 cm)

Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2010.2153

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Leatrice and Melvin Eagle Collection of Contemporary Craft

Object Type

CERAMICS

Provenance1987 Consigned to Braunstein/Quay by artist (May have been in the B/Q inventory at an earlier date and returned to artist; also may have been shown at other galleries.); 1989 Sold by Braunstein/Quay to Pacific Enterprises in 1989; 1994 Sotheby's auction February 26, 1994 of works from collection of Pacific Enterprises.Pacific Enterprise Corporation; Sotheby's New York, February 23, 1994, lot 178; 1994 Acquired by Eagles from above Sotheby's auction; 2010 Collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase with funds provided by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund.
Exhibition History"Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics, 1956–1986," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–June 30, 2013.

"Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–May 26, 2014; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, September 6, 2014–February 22, 2015; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio, August 27–October 25, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Painted on the underside around the base: "VOULKOS 73"

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