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1959 Passing Red

Peter Voulkos, Passing Red
1959

Vinyl paint, sand and clay on unprimed canvas
72 x 96 inches
Signed and dated

Collection:
Private collection.

Provenance:
Acquired from the artist
Private collection, California
Private collection

Exhibitions:
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles. Peter Voulkos: Sculpture/Painting/Ceramics, 4-23 May 1959. Catalogue; text by Thomas W. Leavitt.

Pasadena Museum of Art, A Decade in the Contemporary Galleries, 19 July-15 September 1959, Catalogue, ill. fig. and checklist #174.

The Museum of Modern Art, Sculpture and Painting by Peter Voulkos, 1 February-13 March 1960. Brochure; text by Peter Selz, checklist #12.

Exhibit A, Chicago. Peter Voulkos, circa 1984.

Twining Gallery, New York. Peter Voulkos: Paintings and Works on Paper, 14 October-16 November 1988, Catalogue; text by Gerald Nordland, ill. colorplate unpaginated.

The Oakland Museum of California. The Art of Peter Voulkos, 22 July-12 November 1995. Traveled to the Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California and the American Craft Museum, New York, Catalogue/Book, ill. p. 19, color plate

Galerie Yoram Gil, Beverly Hills, California. A Salute to Peter Voulkos 16 November-15 December 2002.

American Museum of Ceramic Art. Peter Voulkos: Echoes of the Japanese Aesthetic 12 November 2005-4 February 2006.

Literature:
Slivka, Rose and Karen Tsujimoto, The Art of Peter Voulkos, Kodansha International in collaboration with The Oakland Museum, 1995, pp. 102, 168, ill. p. 19, color plate 3.

Pagel, David. “Around the Galleries: A California Artist Who Broke the Rules,” Los Angeles Times, November 22, 2002, Calandar section, p. E21, ill. p. E21.

Autio, Rudy, “Peter Voulkos: Potier,” La Revue de la Céramique et du Verre, (France), March-April 2007, ill. p. 36.

Adamson, Glenn, et al. Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years, Museum of Arts and Design, New York and Black Dog Publishing Ltd., London, 2016, ill. p. 62, fig. 4.

CR70.0-Pt

Photo: © Schopplein Studio

Lost Found

Falling Red

Untitled

Untitled

Zapata

Untitled

Untitled

Flying Black

Falling Black

Untitled

Found

Falling Red II

Big Bang

Untitled

Red Thru Black

Untitled

Passing Red

Untitled

Red Thru Black #2

Red Thru Black #3

Found

White Thru Black

Untitled

White Thru Grey

Flying Black II

Flying Red

Untitled

Cedar Breaks

Blue Remington

Powder River


 

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