Paul Edmund Soldner Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Paul Edmund Soldner Art Value Price Guide

Jan. 09, 2025
Paul Soldner Raku Earthenware Vase
Est: $600 - $800
Paul Soldner (American, 1921-2011) Raku Fired Earthenware Vase, textured polychrome glaze in green, black, and white, signed to underside. 8" H x 7" W x 5" D. Provenance: From a New York City Collection. Keywords: Studio Ceramics, Art Pottery, Abstract, Wheel-thrown, Vessel, Polychrome, Three-Dimensional, Decorative Arts
Auctions at Showplace
Dec. 05, 2024
Paul Soldner Raku Slab Charger
Est: $500 - $1,000
Paul Soldner (1921-2011 American) Raku Slab Charger Glazed Earthenware 18''x22''. Hand built with blue, green and white glazes. Signed on verso. Some minor edge flaking. Overall excellent condition.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Dec. 05, 2024
Paul Soldner ''Untitled'' (Vessel) Raku Sculpture
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Paul Soldner (1921-2011 American) ''Untitled'' (Vessel) Raku Sculpture 22.5''x31''. Exceptional slab built envelope form that sits atop a bronze base. Impressed mark on side. Some minor scattered edge chipping. Overall excellent condition. This lot being sold with no reserve.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Dec. 05, 2024
Paul Soldner ''Untitled'' (Vessel) Bronze Sculpture
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Paul Soldner (1921-2011 American) ''Untitled'' (Vessel) Bronze Sculpture 26''x32''x13''. Exceptional and scarce bronze molded from one of his raku forms. Impressed mark on side. It comes on a granite custom pedestal made for the piece measuring 36''x20''x18''. Overall excellent condition. This lot being sold with no reserve.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Dec. 04, 2024
PAUL SOLDNER, ABSTRACT CERAMIC VESSEL ON PEDESTAL
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Paul Edmund Soldner (American, 1921-2011). Untitled - Abstract Sculpture, late 20th century, black glazed ceramic with impressed patterns and raised on a plinth base, insignia to lower edge (faux chop mark with artists name). Note: Likely from the Kimono series. Accompanied by white painted wood pedestal. Provenance: From an important Atlanta estate. Approximate dimensions: sculpture h. 33.25", w. 29.5"; pedestal h. 36", w. 14", d. 13.75".
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Jul. 18, 2024
Paul Soldner Large Raku Slab Charger
Est: $500 - $1,000
Paul Soldner (1921-2011 American) ''Large Raku Slab Charger'' Glazed Earthenware 18''x22''. Hand built with blue, green and white glazes. Signed on verso. Some minor edge flaking. Overall excellent condition.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Jul. 18, 2024
Paul Soldner Altered Form Raku Vessel
Est: $500 - $1,000
Paul Soldner (1921-2011 American) ''Altered Form Raku Vessel'' Glazed Earthenware 10''x7.5''. White, green and red splash glazes against a sculptured form. Signed on bottom. Glaze pop on verso top rim, original to its manufacture. Excellent condition.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Apr. 07, 2024
Paul Edmund Soldner (1921 - 2011) bowl
Est: $800 - $1,600
measures 9" x 2.5" Provenance: Acquired directly from the Artist by Lola Rae Long, Potter, former assistant to Beatrice Wood Upper Ojai, California
California Auctioneers
Mar. 03, 2024
Paul Edmund Soldner (1921 - 2011) Bowl
Est: $1,000 - $1,600
measures 8" x 2.5" Provenance: Acquired directly from the Artist by Lola Rae Long, Potter, former assistant to Beatrice Wood Upper Ojai, California
California Auctioneers
Mar. 03, 2024
Paul Edmund Soldner (1921 - 2011) bowl
Est: $1,000 - $1,600
measures 9" x 2.5" Provenance: Acquired directly from the Artist by Lola Rae Long, Potter, former assistant to Beatrice Wood Upper Ojai, California
California Auctioneers
Nov. 24, 2023
Paul Edmund Soldner Montana Studio Pottery Vase
Est: $800 - $1,200
Note with the vase states that it was made during Paul's time studying under Peter Volkous. 10 1/4" tall, 7 3/8" diameter. Paul Edmund Soldner (1921 - 2011) was active/lived in California, Colorado. Paul Soldner is known for Ceramic sculpture-raku, educator. Obituary. New York Times January 10, 2011 Paul Soldner, 89, Ceramic Artist and Innovator By William Grimes Paul Soldner, a ceramist who put his own twist on the Japanese firing technique known as raku to create wildly spontaneous sculptural vessels, died on Monday at his home in Claremont, Calif. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Stephanie Soldner Sullivan. Mr. Soldner was the first student of Peter Voulkos, the revolutionary founder of the ceramics program at the Los Angeles County Art Institute, who made it his mission to free ceramics from their traditional function as useful household goods and make them a vehicle for artistic and personal expression. Mr. Soldner incorporated the lessons of Abstract Expressionism and modernist sculpture in his work, throwing floor pots with expressionistically painted areas that rose to near-ceiling height. In 1960 he began experimenting with the 16th-century Japanese technique called raku, which is used to fire the vessels for the tea ceremony. It was little known in the United States, but Mr. Soldner's curiosity was aroused by descriptions in The Book of Tea, by Okakura Kakuzo, and A Potter's Book, by Bernard Leach. He constructed a makeshift kiln from a 50-gallon oil drum lined with concrete, fired a small bowl and ran to a nearby pond to cool it. ''It was the ugliest piece of ceramics that you ever saw,'' said David Armstrong, one of his students and the founder of the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, Calif. Undeterred, Mr. Soldner fired another bowl, but this time he accidentally dropped it in a pile of pepper-tree leaves, which burst into flame. The resulting smoke imparted a gray-black, crackled finish to the glaze. Exposing raku ware to combustible material in an oxygen-deprived chamber, rather than letting it cool in the air or water, opened new possibilities that Mr. Soldner explored relentlessly, developing new textures and color effects in pieces that placed a premium on spontaneity. His technique became known as American raku, which he described as ''pottery made within a mental framework of expectation, the discovery of things not sought.'' Paul Edmund Soldner was born on April 24, 1921, in Summerville, Ill. His father was a Mennonite preacher, and he attended Bluffton College, a Mennonite school in Ohio, with the idea of going into medicine. He was drafted into the Army and, as a conscientious objector, was assigned to the Medical Corps. He served with Patton's Third Army during the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded and awarded a Purple Heart. His unit was present at the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp, where the charcoal drawings that prisoners had made on barracks walls influenced him to become an artist. After earning a bachelor's degree from Bluffton in 1946, he worked as an art teacher and administrator in Ohio public schools. Initially he planned to become a photographer, but while studying at the University of Colorado, where he earned a master's degree in 1954, he took a course in ceramics and decided to become a potter. At the Los Angeles County Art Institute (now the Otis College of Art and Design), where he received his M.F.A. in 1956, he challenged the domestic scale of traditional pottery by coaxing monumental pots from the wheel, bringing them to a height of nearly eight feet in one continuous piece rather than sections. Only the physical limits of the kiln, and the studio ceiling, halted his upward progress -- that and the fact that staring down into the spinning clay began to make him seasick. To execute his pieces, he invented new wheels and clay mixers that he sold for many years through his own company, Soldner Pottery Equipment. In 1957 he began teaching at Scripps College. He also began building a solar-heated house and studio in Aspen, Colo., using local rocks and wood. He spent summers there for the rest of his life and in the 1960s helped found the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colo. After teaching at the University of Colorado and the University of Iowa, he accepted a post as professor of ceramics at Scripps and Claremont University Center (now Claremont Graduate University) in 1969. In addition to his daughter, of Denver and Aspen, he is survived by a sister, Louise Farling of Bluffton, and two grandchildren. Over the years Mr. Soldner experimented further with American raku. He used salt in the low-temperature firing process, imparting new colors -- blushlike pinks, oranges and red -- without glazing. He created novel textures and designs using paper stencils, templates of magazine photographs or the soles of running shoes. His sculptural pieces bristled with angular planes and squashed tubes that, in his later work, assumed a horizontal posture, influenced perhaps by his hobby of cultivating bonsai trees. His work is included in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Arts & Design.
Davis Brothers Auction
Nov. 11, 2023
PAUL SOLDNER (AMERICAN, 1921-2011)
Est: $500 - $1,000
Paul Soldner American, 1921-2011 Untitled Studio art pottery, unmarked Brutalist, abstracted vessel in pale pink, grey, and orange.
Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 09, 2023
Paul Soldner, Pedestal Piece
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Paul Soldner Pedestal Piece USA, c. 1985 slab-built, raku-fired earthenware, patinated bronze 30.5 h x 29 w x 20 d in (77 x 74 x 51 cm) Literature: Paul Soldner: A Retrospective, Levin et. al., ppg. 112-113, 120 illustrate similar examples This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Sep. 13, 2023
PAUL SOLDNER (American, 1921-2011)
Est: $800 - $1,200
PAUL SOLDNER (American, 1921-2011), American raku vase with calligraphic design, glazed and slipped pottery, artist's impressed mark to bottom. A few flakes and cracks to slip. 13-1/2''h, 12''w, 10''d. Provenance: Rockford Art Museum, Illinois, purchased in 1971; purchased by present owner in 2005 after museum deaccession.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Aug. 29, 2023
Paul Soldner (1921-2011), A weed vase with free-form drip glaze, circa 1950s-60s, Glazed stoneware, 12.625" H x 8.5" Dia.
Est: $600 - $900
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) A weed vase with free-form drip glaze, circa 1950s-60s Glazed stoneware Incised signature to underside: Soldner
John Moran Auctioneers
Jul. 26, 2023
Paul Soldner, Glazed Earthenware Vessel
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(American, b. 1921) applied slab earthenware, unsigned. 12"h x 10-1/2"w Provenance: Bonhams Los Angeles, Sale 18006, April 20th, 2010, Lot 2387
Nye & Company
Jun. 15, 2023
Paul Soldner, 'Trio' Plate
Est: $500 - $700
Paul Soldner, 'Trio' Plate USA, pigment on terracotta, signed verso, overall: 2"h x 22"w x 18"d. Provenance: Property from the Estate of a New England Collector
Clars Auctions
May. 24, 2023
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) Charger
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) Charger glazed stoneware signed 'Soldner' 21 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches This lot is located in Chicago. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist Literature: Rose Slivka, The Crafts of the Modern World, New York, 1968
Hindman
May. 12, 2023
Ceramic work, Paul Soldner
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Paul Soldner (American, 1921-2011), Trio, pigment on terracotta plate, signed verso, overall: 2"h x 22"w x 18"d. Provenance: Property from the Estate of a New England Collector
Clars Auctions
Mar. 17, 2023
Ceramic, Paul Soldner
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Paul Soldner (American, 1921-2011), Trio, ceramic 3 figure plate, signed verso, pigment on terracotta, overall: 2"h x 22"w x 18"d. Provenance: Property from the Estate of a New England Collector
Clars Auctions
Feb. 02, 2023
Paul Soldner (American, 1921-2011) Untitled Ceramic 20 x 7-1/2 inches (50.8 x 19
Est: $800 - $1,200
Paul Soldner (American, 1921-2011) Untitled Ceramic 20 x 7-1/2 inches (50.8 x 19.1 cm) HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Oct. 25, 2022
PAUL SOLDNER (1921-2011) Two Vasesglazed stoneware, the smaller signed 'SOLDNER' on undersideheight of tallest 20 1/2in (52.1cm)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
PAUL SOLDNER (1921-2011) Two Vases glazed stoneware, the smaller signed 'SOLDNER' on underside height of tallest 20 1/2in (52.1cm)
Bonhams
Oct. 04, 2022
keramische siervaas, toegeschreven aan Paul Soldner, h. 24 cm (met bijbehorend boek)
Est: €150 - €200
keramische siervaas, toegeschreven aan Paul Soldner, h. 24 cm (met bijbehorend boek)
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Jun. 21, 2022
Paul Soldner, (1921-2011, Claremont, CA), A tall weed vase with free-form drip glaze, circa 1950s-60s, Glazed stoneware, 14.75" H x 4.5
Est: $600 - $800
Paul Soldner (1921-2011, Claremont, CA) A tall weed vase with free-form drip glaze, circa 1950s-60s Glazed stoneware Incised signature to underside: Soldner 14.75" H x 4.5" Dia.
John Moran Auctioneers
Feb. 13, 2022
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) Art Pottery Vase
Est: $300 - $500
Thick drip glaze in various colors (semi-gloss and matte). Incised signature to bottom. Excellent condition. 5.5" H x 5.5" dia. approx.
District Auction
Oct. 23, 2021
PAUL SOLDNER LARGE RAKU CERAMIC VESSEL ON STAND
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Paul Edmund Soldner (American/California, 1921-2011). Large raku pottery vessel with impressed decoration on wooden stand. Apparently unsigned. Approx. h. 33", w. 29", d. 12"
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Oct. 21, 2021
Paul Soldner (born 1921) Pedestal Piece 90-261990glazed ceramic, inscribed in black on the base '9026 9026'height 28 1/2in (72.3cm); width 34 1/2in (87.6cm); depth 14 3/4in (37.4cm)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Paul Soldner (born 1921) Pedestal Piece 90-26 1990 glazed ceramic, inscribed in black on the base '9026 9026' height 28 1/2in (72.3cm); width 34 1/2in (87.6cm); depth 14 3/4in (37.4cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 16, 2021
Paul Soldner (American, 1921 - 2011), large ceramic raku decorated vase with calligraphic
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Paul Soldner (American, 1921 - 2011), large ceramic raku decorated vase with calligraphic designs, signed on the foot with artist's initials, this example originally purchased by the Rockford Art Museum in Illinois in 1971, sold when the museum discarded its contemporary ceramics collection in 2005, measures 13 inches tall by 11 inches wide. CONDITION: Good, a few flakes to the raku finish here and there. Soldner was an American ceramic artist and educator, noted for his experimentation with the 16th-century Japanese technique called raku, introducing new methods of firing and post firing, which became known as American Raku. He was the founder of the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in 1966.
Huntington Museum of Art
Sep. 11, 2021
Monotype OF Horses and Human Figures
Est: $200 - $400
Monotype depicting 2 Horses, Human Figure Dancing and 2 Human Figures by Paul Soldner. Pencil signed lower right with red signature stamp. 1/1. Measures approx. 22" tall x 30" wide framed. Has original purchase receipt and information from gallery. Purchased in 2002 from The Cuttress Gallery for $1500. Paul Soldner - 1921 - 2011. Paul Soldner was one of the first students of Peter Voulkos, an influential American ceramist who taught at the Otis Art Institute in the 1950s. Soldner taught for many years, dividing his time between Aspen, Colorado, and Scripps College in Claremont, California. All invoices must be paid within 24 hours of the sale. All items are shipped USPS and will be billed separately. A $10 handling fee is added to shipping per item. Local pickups are in our South Brunswick location on Thursday 9/16, Friday 9/17 and Saturday 9/18 ONLY! All pickups are by appointment only. Any condition issues will be listed in the description. Please read the terms for full information.
Bodnar's Auction Sales
Oct. 08, 2020
Paul Soldner Raku Calligraphy Vessel
Est: $300 - $600
Paul Soldner (1921-2011 California) Raku Calligraphy Vessel 19''x6''. Impressed mark near base with ''84-42'' inventory number on bottom. 2'' hairline on top rim with small .5'' chip repair. Collection of Patrick and Darle Maveety, Oregon. Owners and operators of the Maveety Gallery, Salishan.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Jun. 28, 2020
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) vessel with figural silhouettes 9 1/4"dia x 10"h
Est: $400 - $600
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) vessel with figural silhouettes USA, 1970s raku-fired ceramic unmarked 9 1/4"dia x 10"h
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 04, 2020
Paul Soldner (born 1921) Pedestal Piece 90-261990glazed ceramic, inscribed in black on the base '9026 9026'height 28 1/2in (72.3cm); width 34 1/2in (87.6cm); depth 14 3/4in (37.4cm)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Paul Soldner (born 1921) Pedestal Piece 90-26 1990 glazed ceramic, inscribed in black on the base '9026 9026' height 28 1/2in (72.3cm); width 34 1/2in (87.6cm); depth 14 3/4in (37.4cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 19, 2020
Paul Soldner (American, 1921-2011) Untitled
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Paul Soldner (American, 1921-2011) Untitled ceramic artists impressed insignia to one side H 26 x W 18 x D 7 inches
Hindman
May. 07, 2020
Paul Soldner (1921-2011 California) ''Goodyear Women'' Raku Slab 11''x15''.
Est: $200 - $400
Paul Soldner (1921-2011 California) ''Goodyear Women'' Raku Slab 11''x15''. An early funk pottery tray with impressed opposing women and goodyear tire border. Impressed marks near edge and signature on verso. Some firing cracks, in making of. Excellent condition.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Apr. 25, 2020
PAUL SOLDNER (1921-2011) AMERICAN STUDIO ART POTTERY VASE
Est: $400 - $600
PAUL SOLDNER (1921-2011) AMERICAN STUDIO ART POTTERY VASE, raku fired with ovoid form tapering to a modest circular foot, featuring images of three figures having arms and legs outstretched with other abstract forms. Unsigned.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Nov. 12, 2019
Paul Soldner (American, 1921-2011)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Paul Soldner (American, 1921-2011) Vessel raku fired earthenware H 12 x W 12 1/2 x D 10 inches
Hindman
Oct. 27, 2019
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) Figural Relief Plaquepartially glazed earthenware, unsigned20 x 25in (51 x 64cm)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) Figural Relief Plaque partially glazed earthenware, unsigned 20 x 25in (51 x 64cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 06, 2019
Paul Edmund Soldner (American, California/Colorado, 1921 - 2011), "Slab Built Vase," raku finish with green, c. 1970
Est: $2,200 - $3,200
Paul Edmund Soldner (American, California/Colorado, 1921 - 2011), "Slab Built Vase," raku finish with green, c. 1970, measures 18 inches tall, this work deaccessioned from the Lake Worth Museum when they disposed of one of the finest collections of American post war ceramics in the nation, signed on the bottom with thier inventory collection number. CONDITION: Good, small loss of pigment near the lower edge. Mr. Soldner was the first student of Peter Voulkos, the revolutionary founder of the ceramics program at the Los Angeles County Art Institute, who made it his mission to free ceramics from their traditional function as useful household goods and make them a vehicle for artistic and personal expression. Soldner was a ceramist who put his own twist on the Japanese firing technique known as raku to create wildly spontaneous sculptural vessels.
Huntington Museum of Art
Jun. 23, 2019
Signed Paul Soldner Poster
Est: $100 - $200
Paul Soldner known for large pottery vessels. Soldner clay mixers are weapons of mass construction. Signed lower right 2003, Muddy Elbow MFG. 25 x 14 1/2 sheet size. Denny women!
Main Auction Galleries
May. 09, 2019
Paul Soldner, (American, 1921-2011), Vessel
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Paul Soldner (American, 1921-2011) Vessel raku fired earthenware Height 12 x width 12 1/2 x depth 10 inches
Hindman
Apr. 25, 2019
Paul Soldner, bowl
Est: $500 - $700
Paul Soldner bowl c. 1975 glazed earthenware 3.25 h × 11.5 dia in (8 × 29 cm) Impressed artist's cipher to rim. Provenance: Acquired in 2002 from Galerie Yoram Gil, West Hollywood Condition of the item is not included in this description. Condition reports are available from Wright upon request. Wright strongly recommends that you review a condition report for each item on which you plan to bid. Email condition@wright20.com to request a condition report.
Wright
Apr. 24, 2019
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) Vase with Torn Rim earthenware, unsigned height 16 1/2in (42cm)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) 1987 gas-fired wheel-thrown stoneware with push-throughs and clear glaze, painted 'Voulkos' and '87' on underside diameter 20in (51cm) The offered lot is listed under 'CR949.20-G' in the Voulkos & Co. catalogue project quest databaseProvenance: Private Collection, Northern California (acquired directly from the artist)Made in California, Bonhams, Los Angeles, 3 May 2010Collection of Paul J. Coady
Bonhams
Mar. 10, 2019
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) large vessel or vase 6"w x 5"d x 19"h
Est: $300 - $600
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) large vessel or vase Claremont, California, circa 1980 high-fired Raku bisque unsigned 6"w x 5"d x 19"h Provenance: Nick and Rosemary Nero, Barrington Hills, Illinois
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Dec. 10, 2018
PAUL SOLDNER (AMERICAN, 1921-2011), UNTITLED VESSEL, CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, CIRCA 1970
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
PAUL SOLDNER (AMERICAN, 1921-2011) UNTITLED VESSEL, CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, CIRCA 1970 Hand-built, glazed and Raku fired earthenware Signed with impressed marks. H: 9 3/4, W: 6 1/2, D: 5 in. PROVENANCE: Steven Stoops, Stevens Fine Art, Phoenix, Arizona Acquired from the above, 1993 The Carmichael/Pelsinger Collection, San Francisco, California
Freeman's | Hindman
Oct. 25, 2018
PAUL SOLDNER (1921-2011) Vase with Torn Rim
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PAUL SOLDNER (1921-2011) Vase with Torn Rim earthenware, unsigned height 16 1/2in (42cm)
Bonhams
Sep. 23, 2018
PAUL SOLDNER (AMERICAN, 1921-2011) UNTITLED (HANGING WALL PLAQUE) CERAMIC 18 X 2
Est: $800 - $1,200
Paul Soldner (American, 1921-2011) Untitled (Hanging wall plaque) Ceramic 18 x 22 x 1 inches (45.7 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm) Signed on the reverse: Soldner HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Sep. 16, 2018
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) large vessel 6"w x 5"d x 19"h
Est: $600 - $800
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) large vessel Claremont, California, c. 1980 high-fired Raku bisque, minimal decoration 6"w x 5"d x 19"h Provenance: Nick and Rosemary Nero, Barrington Hills, Illinois
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 16, 2018
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) large vessel 6"dia x 22"h
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Paul Soldner (1921-2011) large vessel Claremont, California, c. 1980 Raku-fired ceramic 6"dia x 22"h Provenance: Nick and Rosemary Nero, Barrington Hills, Illinois
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers