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Peter Voulkos, Mr. Ishi
1969-70

Bronze
18 x 49-1/3 x 20-1/2 feet

Collection:
The Oakland Museum; Gift of the Concours d’Antiques, Art Guild of The Oakland Museum and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Provenance:
Acquired from the artist
The Oakland Museum

Exhibitions:
The Oakland Museum of California, Public Sculpture/Urban Environment, 29 September-29 December 1974. Catalogue, checklist 18, ill. p. 25.

The Oakland Museum of California, The Art of Peter Voulkos, 22 July-12 November 1995

Literature:
Albright, Thomas. “Voulkos’ Oakland Sculpture: A Mighty ‘Mister Ishi,’” San Francisco Chronicle, 12 March 1970, p. 49, ill.

Slivka, Rose. Peter Voulkos: A Dialogue with Clay, New York Graphics Society in association with American Crafts Council, New York, 1978, p. 71, figure 46.

Orr-Cahill, Chrisstina, ed. The Art of California: Selected Works from the Collection of The Oakland Museum, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, in association with The Oakland Museum, 1984, il., p. 23.

Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980 University of California Press, Berkeley, 1985, pp. 134, 163, ill. p. 134, fig. 113.

Slivka, Rose and Karen Tsujimoto, The Art of Peter Voulkos, Kodansha International in collaboration with The Oakland Museum, 1995, pp. 8, 55, 165, 169, ill. pl. 47, p. 89

CR413-B

Photo: © Sam Jornlin

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