Peter Voulkos Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Peter Voulkos Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 27, 2025
Peter Voulkos, Plate
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Peter Voulkos Plate USA, c. 1955 glazed earthenware 1.5 h x 9.25 dia in (4 x 23 cm) Incised signature to underside 'Voulkos'. This work is registered in the Voulkos and Co. catalog. Provenance: Treadway Toomey Auctions, Oak Park, IL, 5 June 2011, Lot 295 | Private Collection This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Mar. 26, 2025
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Untitled (Tea Bowl)2000glazed stoneware, signed, inscribed and dated 'V•O•U•L•K•O•S•2K AR'height 6 3/4in (17.2cm); width 7 3/4in (19.7cm); depth 7 1/8in (18.1cm)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Untitled (Tea Bowl) 2000 glazed stoneware, signed, inscribed and dated 'V•O•U•L•K•O•S•2K AR' height 6 3/4in (17.2cm); width 7 3/4in (19.7cm); depth 7 1/8in (18.1cm)
Bonhams
Feb. 19, 2025
Peter Voulkos, Bulerias Scratch
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Peter Voulkos Bulerias Scratch 1958 stoneware, brushed slip 25 h x 17 w x 8 d in (63 x 43 x 20 cm) Rago/Wright would like to thank Sam Jornlin at the Voulkos & Co. catalog project for her assistance in cataloging this lot. Slip signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 7.58'. This work is registered in the Voulkos and Co. catalog. Provenance: Private Collection, North Carolina Exhibited: XX Ceramic International, 26 October- 7 December 1958, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, NY (traveled to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Currier Museum of Art, New Hampshire, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Grand Rapids Gallery of Art, Michigan) Literature: "Showtime: The Ceramic International: Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Syracuse Show," Ceramics Monthly, December 1958, pg. 21 illustrates this example This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 19, 2025
Peter Voulkos, Doll
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Peter Voulkos Doll 1997 anagama-fired stoneware 9.5 h x 5 w x 2 d in (24 x 13 x 5 cm) Incised signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 97'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Peter Callas This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 19, 2025
Peter Voulkos, Untitled
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Peter Voulkos Untitled 1960 stoneware with glazes and slip 29.5 h x 14.5 w x 9 d in (75 x 37 x 23 cm) Peter Voulkos taught and created pottery at Greenwich House Pottery in New York City during the summers of 1960–1962 and 1964 Incised signature and date to lower edge 'Voulkos 60'. This work is registered in the Voulkos and Co. catalog. Provenance: The Artist | Greenwich House Pottery, New York This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 19, 2025
Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
Est: $9,000 - $14,000
Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) 1994 incised anagama-fired stoneware with pass-throughs 5.5 h x 23 dia in (14 x 58 cm) Incised signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 94'. This work is registered in the Voulkos and Co. catalog. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Peter Callas Literature: The Art of Peter Voulkos, Slivka and Sujimoto, ppg. 30-31, 154-156 illustrate similar examples This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 19, 2025
Peter Voulkos, Zeus
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
Peter Voulkos Zeus 1981 anagama-fired stoneware 41 h x 19 w x 17 d in (104 x 48 x 43 cm) Incised signature and date near base 'Voulkos 81'. This work is registered in the Voulkos and Co. catalog as number CR830_1W. Provenance: Collection of Patricia and Jerome Shaw | Private Collection Exhibited: Peter Voulkos: Recent Works, 5 December 1981 - 15 January 1982, Exhibit A, Chicago | Painting and Sculpture Today 1982, 6 July - 15 August 1982, Indianapolis Museum of Art | Peter Voulkos: Ceramics from the Collection of Jerome and Patricia Shaw, 13 November 1991 - 12 January 1992, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI | The Art of Peter Voulkos, 22 July - 12 November 1995, The Oakland Museum of California (traveled to the Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA and the American Craft Museum, New York) Literature: Painting and Sculpture Today 1982, exhibition catalog, pg. 24 illustrates the present example The Art of Peter Voulkos, Slivka and Sujimoto, ppg. 29, 32, and 17 illustrate similar examples This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 09, 2025
PETER VOULKOS (American, 1924-2002).
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Signed and dated Peter Voulkos Untitled partially glazed stoneware bowl. Signed to the underside, "Voulkos" with a date of, "62?". From an Amherst, MA estate. Dimensions: bowl measures approx. 10.75" x 10.25" x 2.875" h.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Nov. 19, 2024
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Untitled charger, 1980
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) Untitled charger, 1980 Stoneware and porcelain Signed and dated to underside: V O U L K O S 80
John Moran Auctioneers
Nov. 19, 2024
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Untitled charger, 1979
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) Untitled charger, 1979 Stoneware and porcelain Signed and dated to underside: V O U L K O S 79
John Moran Auctioneers
Nov. 19, 2024
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Untitled vessel, (CR703.7-G), 1973
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) Untitled vessel, (CR703.7-G), 1973 Glazed stoneware and porcelain Signed and dated underside: V O U L K O S 7 3
John Moran Auctioneers
Nov. 19, 2024
Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002) Untitled stack, 1975
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002) Untitled stack, 1975 glazed and incised stoneware 30 h × 10 dia in (77 × 26 cm) This lot is located in New York. Property from a Private Collector, Lake City, Minnesota
Freeman’s | Hindman
Nov. 19, 2024
Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002) Tea bowl
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002) Tea bowl earthenware 4¾ h × 5¾ w × 6½ d in (12 × 15 × 17 cm) This lot is located in Chicago. Property from a Private Collector, Lake City, Minnesota
Freeman’s | Hindman
Nov. 02, 2024
Peter Voulkos Montana Studio Pottery Wall Charger
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
18 1/4" in diameter. Peter Voulkos (1924 - 2002) was active/lived in California. Peter Voulkos is known for Sculptor-ceramic, abstraction. Peter Voulkos 19242002. Few artists can revolutionize an ancient medium, but Peter Voulkos did just that when he brought ceramics into the realm of fine art starting in the late 1950s. Born in Bozeman, Montana in 1924, he studied painting and ceramics at Montana State University and later received his MFA from California College of the Arts in Oakland. While Voulkos began his career by creating utilitarian objects such as bowls and vases that won him wide renown, he began to contemplate abstraction and other fine art principles when he spent the summer of 1953 teaching at Black Mountain College, there he met Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Josef Albers. From there, he visited New York, meeting many of the Abstract Expressionists. Voulkos returned to California to teach at Los Angeles County Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design) from 1954 to 1959 and it was in this period that his works really began to evolve. As the decade came to a close, Voulkos moved away from creating functional items, instead morphing vase-like structures into sculpture. He slashed the clay in certain instances and aggressively applied paint to the forms like canvas. No longer content to create works that hid their process of creation, Voulkos made the very act of creation paramount to the understanding and appreciation of his work, much like the Abstract Expressionists that he had associated with. Voulkos artistic output piqued the interest of Peter Selz, the Curator of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1960, he invited Voulkos to exhibit six of his paintings alongside a number of his sculptures as part of the New Talent series, one man exhibitions that the museum had been offering since 1950 to artists who had not yet had solo exhibitions in New York. Voulkos used this opportunity to illustrate the connection between painting, the classic example of fine-art, and ceramics. After his show at MoMA, the artist spent the summers of 1960-1962, and 1964 in New York teaching and creating work at the famed Greenwich House Pottery and Columbia University. Peter Voulkos brought ceramics into the realm of fine art. He died in 2002, but his legacy is remembered in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Davis Brothers Auction
Nov. 02, 2024
Peter Voulkos Montana Studio Pottery Wall Charger
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
19 1/2" in diameter. Peter Voulkos (1924 - 2002) was active/lived in California. Peter Voulkos is known for Sculptor-ceramic, abstraction. Peter Voulkos 19242002. Few artists can revolutionize an ancient medium, but Peter Voulkos did just that when he brought ceramics into the realm of fine art starting in the late 1950s. Born in Bozeman, Montana in 1924, he studied painting and ceramics at Montana State University and later received his MFA from California College of the Arts in Oakland. While Voulkos began his career by creating utilitarian objects such as bowls and vases that won him wide renown, he began to contemplate abstraction and other fine art principles when he spent the summer of 1953 teaching at Black Mountain College, there he met Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Josef Albers. From there, he visited New York, meeting many of the Abstract Expressionists. Voulkos returned to California to teach at Los Angeles County Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design) from 1954 to 1959 and it was in this period that his works really began to evolve. As the decade came to a close, Voulkos moved away from creating functional items, instead morphing vase-like structures into sculpture. He slashed the clay in certain instances and aggressively applied paint to the forms like canvas. No longer content to create works that hid their process of creation, Voulkos made the very act of creation paramount to the understanding and appreciation of his work, much like the Abstract Expressionists that he had associated with. Voulkos artistic output piqued the interest of Peter Selz, the Curator of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1960, he invited Voulkos to exhibit six of his paintings alongside a number of his sculptures as part of the New Talent series, one man exhibitions that the museum had been offering since 1950 to artists who had not yet had solo exhibitions in New York. Voulkos used this opportunity to illustrate the connection between painting, the classic example of fine-art, and ceramics. After his show at MoMA, the artist spent the summers of 1960-1962, and 1964 in New York teaching and creating work at the famed Greenwich House Pottery and Columbia University. Peter Voulkos brought ceramics into the realm of fine art. He died in 2002, but his legacy is remembered in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Davis Brothers Auction
Oct. 23, 2024
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Tea Bowl1990wood fired stoneware with perforations and ash glaze, signed and dated 'VOULKOS 90' on the underside4 x 6 3/4 x 8 3/4in (10.2 x 17.1 x 22.2cm)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Tea Bowl 1990 wood fired stoneware with perforations and ash glaze, signed and dated 'VOULKOS 90' on the underside 4 x 6 3/4 x 8 3/4in (10.2 x 17.1 x 22.2cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 17, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Ice Bucket)
Est: $600 - $800
Peter Voulkos Untitled (Ice Bucket) 1997 monoprint 10.875 h x 10.75 w in (28 x 27 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'Peter Voulkos 97'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 10, 2024
Work
Est: ¥100,000 - ¥150,000
a set of two Indian inks on paper, each signed, titled, dated and dedicated (lower area), one framed
Mallet Auction
Oct. 02, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Early Plate)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Peter Voulkos Untitled (Early Plate) c. 1956 glazed stoneware 2.875 h x 13.5 dia in (7 x 34 cm) Incised signature to underside 'Voulkos'. Provenance: Private Collection, Washington This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Early teapot
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Peter Voulkos Early teapot c. 1955 glazed stoneware 8.5 h x 7.25 w x 6.25 d in (22 x 18 x 16 cm) Incised signature to underside 'Voulkos'. Provenance: Private Collection, Washington Literature: Peter Voulkos Retrospective, Sezon Museum of Art (ed.), pg. 46 illustrates a similar example This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Tea Bowl
Est: $4,500 - $6,500
Peter Voulkos Tea Bowl 1995 anagama-fired stoneware 4 h x 9.25 dia in (10 x 23 cm) The present work was fired in Peter Callas's anagama in Belvidere, New Jersey. Incised signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 95'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Richard Milgrim This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Important Plate)
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Peter Voulkos Untitled (Important Plate) 1996 anagama-fired Shigaraki clay 6.75 h x 23.5 w x 20 d in (17 x 60 x 51 cm) The present work was fired in The Shigaraki Ceramic Culture Park's anagama with the assistance of renowned ceramic artist, Richard Milgrim. Incised signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 96'. This work is registered under the Voulkos & Co. catalog number CR1226-W. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Richard Milgrim This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Pot Shop vase
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Peter Voulkos Pot Shop vase c. 1962 glazed stoneware 11.5 h x 7.25 dia in (29 x 18 cm) Incised to underside 'Pot Shop'. Provenance: The Artist | Collection of Michael Frimkess | Private Collection This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Peter Voulkos Untitled 1960-64 hand-built, glazed, and gas-fired stoneware 27 h x 15 w x 9.75 d in (69 x 38 x 25 cm) Glazed signature to underside 'Voulkos'. This work is registered under the Voulkos & Co. catalog number CR609.1-G. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by Greenwich House Pottery, New York | Private Collection, Chicago | Wright, Important Design, 9 December 2008, Lot 206 | Private Collection Exhibited: The Greenwich House Pottery Permanent Collection, 5 - 28 October 1988, Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 02, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) 1973 glazed and gouged gas-fired stoneware 3.25 d x 18.75 dia in (8 x 48 cm) Glazed signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 73'. Provenance: Private Collection, California This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Sep. 26, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Ice bucket
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Peter Voulkos Ice bucket 1986 patinated bronze 14.25 h x 20 w x 18 d in (36 x 51 x 46 cm) Molded signature, date, number and inscription to edge 'Voulkos 86 IB1 1/5' with Mussi Artworks foundry mark. This work is number 1 from the edition of 5 and is registered under the Voulkos & Co. catalog number CR453.IB1. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Jul. 25, 2024
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Charger1973stoneware, unsignedheight 4in (10cm); diameter 18in (46cm)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Charger 1973 stoneware, unsigned height 4in (10cm); diameter 18in (46cm)
Bonhams
Jun. 19, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Peter Voulkos Untitled 1999 etching and aquatint image: 11.75 h x 8.75 w in (30 x 22 cm) sheet: 20 h x 15 w in (51 x 38 cm) Signed, dated and numbered to lower margin '12/15 Voulkos 99' with printer's blindstamp. This work is number 12 from the edition of 15 printed by MA Nose Studios, Inc., Aspen, CO. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 19, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Peter Voulkos Untitled 1997 etching and aquatint image: 11.75 h x 9 w in (30 x 23 cm) sheet: 19.75 h x 15 w in (50 x 38 cm) Signed, dated and numbered to lower margin 'A/P Voulkos 97' with printer's blindstamp. This work is an artist's proof apart from the edition printed by MA Nose Studios, Inc., Aspen, CO. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 19, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Check's in the Mail; Abstract VII: Give Us a Break; Untitled (three works)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Peter Voulkos Check's in the Mail; Abstract VII: Give Us a Break; Untitled (three works) 1979 lithograph in colors 34.375 h x 23.5 w in (87 x 60 cm) 34.5 h x 23.5 w in (88 x 60 cm) 31.375 h x 22.5 w in (80 x 57 cm) Signed and numbered to lower edge of each work 'A.P. Voulkos' and 'HC VI Voulkos'. These works are artist's proofs apart from the editions of 200 published by Master Editions, New York and hors commerce print number 4 apart from the edition of unknown size. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 12, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) 1973 glazed and gouged gas-fired stoneware 3.25 d x 18.75 dia in (8 x 48 cm) Glazed signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 73'. Provenance: Private Collection, California This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 12, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Early covered vessel
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Peter Voulkos Early covered vessel c. 1952 glazed stoneware 14.75 h x 7.5 dia in (37 x 19 cm) Incised signature to underside 'Voulkos'. Provenance: Collection of Dr. Seymour and Carol Haber, Portland | Rago, Modern Ceramics and Glass, 16 October 2016, Lot 1378 | Private Collection, Philadelphia This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jun. 07, 2024
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) 'YELLOW SKY', 1980 41 x 16 x 16 in. (104 x 40.6
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) 'YELLOW SKY', 1980 41 x 16 x 16 in. (104 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm)
Christie's
Apr. 23, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) 1995 anagama-fired stoneware with pass-throughs and slashes 5.25 d x 22 dia in (13 x 56 cm) The present work was fired in Peter Callas's anagama in Belvidere, New Jersey. Signed and dated to verso 'Voulkos 95'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Dina and Jerry Wind This work will preview in New York City from April 2-12 and in Lambertville from April 18-22. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Apr. 23, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) 1995 anagama-fired stoneware with pass-throughs and slashes 5 d x 21.5 dia in (13 x 55 cm) The present work was fired in Peter Callas's anagama in Belvidere, New Jersey. Signed and dated to verso 'Voulkos 95'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Dina and Jerry Wind This work will preview in New York City from April 2-12 and in Lambertville from April 18-22. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Apr. 23, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Montoya
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
Peter Voulkos Montoya 1995 anagama-fired stoneware 46 h x 28 dia in (117 x 71 cm) The present work was fired in Peter Callas's anagama in Belvidere, New Jersey. Incised signature and date near base 'Voulkos 95'. This work is registered under the Voulkos & Co. catalog number CR1200.0-W. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Dina and Jerry Wind This work will preview in New York City from April 2-12 and in Lambertville from April 18-22. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Apr. 23, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Mimbres
Est: $75,000 - $100,000
Peter Voulkos Mimbres 2000 patinated bronze 68 h x 32 w x 30 d in (173 x 81 x 76 cm) Molded signature, date and number to body 'Voulkos 2K S-17 AP1' with Mussi Artworks foundry mark. This work is an artist's proof apart from the edition of 5 and is registered under the Voulkos & Co. catalog number CR485.S17-AP1-B. Provenance: Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen | Acquired from the previous in 1995, Collection of Dina and Jerry Wind This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Apr. 17, 2024
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Remington #2, 1961-62 (This work is listed under CR401.1-B in the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project Quest Database.)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Remington #2, 1961-62 coated bronze 40 1/2 x 41 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. 102.9 x 104.8 x 59.7 cm. This work is listed under CR401.1-B in the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project Quest Database.
Bonhams
Apr. 17, 2024
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Walking Man, 1990 (This work is listed under CR1025.0-W in the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project Quest Database.)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Walking Man, 1990 incised with the artist's signature and dated 'VOULKOS 90' (lower edge) woodfired stoneware 28 x 20 x 20 1/2 in. 71.1 x 50.8 x 40.6 cm. This work is listed under CR1025.0-W in the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project Quest Database.
Bonhams
Apr. 17, 2024
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Untitled (Plate), 1973
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Untitled (Plate), 1973 signed and dated 'Voulkos 73' (on the underside) glazed ceramic 18 x 18 in. 45.7 x 45.7 cm.
Bonhams
Mar. 23, 2024
Plaque, Peter Voulkos
Est: $300 - $400
Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002), Commemorative Plaque for opening of Oakland Museum, metal and plastic, overall: 27"h x 20"w
Clars Auctions
Mar. 21, 2024
Sculpture, Peter Voulkos
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002), Untitled, 1973, glazed stonewear sculpture, signed and dated beneath, overall: 5"h x 7"w x 7.5"w. Provenance: Private collection of composer and art dealer Robert Aichele; gifted by the artist to Aichele
Clars Auctions
Mar. 10, 2024
Peter Voulkos vase
Est: $3,500 - $4,500
Peter Voulkos vase San Francisco, CA stoneware signed 11.5"h x 10"w
Treadway Gallery
Feb. 22, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) USA, 1973 glazed and incised gas-fired stoneware with porcelain pass-throughs 3.75 d x 18.5 dia in (10 x 47 cm) Glazed signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 73'. Provenance: Private Collection, California This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Feb. 22, 2024
Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Stack)
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Peter Voulkos Untitled (Stack) USA, 1979 wood-fired stoneware with pass-throughs and slashes 47 h x 16 dia in (119 x 41 cm) Signed and dated to base 'Voulkos 79'. We would like to thank Sam Jornlin of Voulkos & Co. for her assistance in cataloguing this work. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist | Private Collection, Los Angeles | Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York | Important Private Collection, Florida Exhibited: Bella Pacifica: Bay Area Abstraction, 1946-1963: A Symphony In Four Parts, 21 January —12 March 2011, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York | Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, 27 January – 4 March 2017, Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles Literature: Bella Pacifica: Bay Area Abstraction, 1946-1963: A Symphony In Four Parts, Franklin Parrasch Gallery digital exhibition catalog, pg. 65 This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jan. 27, 2024
Peter Voulkos Montana Studio Pottery Vase
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Very nice early vase. 8 1/2" tall, 4" diameter. Ex Bovey Estate Collection. Peter Voulkos (1924 - 2002) was active/lived in California. Peter Voulkos is known for Sculptor-ceramic, abstraction. Peter Voulkos 19242002. Few artists can revolutionize an ancient medium, but Peter Voulkos did just that when he brought ceramics into the realm of fine art starting in the late 1950s. Born in Bozeman, Montana in 1924, he studied painting and ceramics at Montana State University and later received his MFA from California College of the Arts in Oakland. While Voulkos began his career by creating utilitarian objects such as bowls and vases that won him wide renown, he began to contemplate abstraction and other fine art principles when he spent the summer of 1953 teaching at Black Mountain College, there he met Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Josef Albers. From there, he visited New York, meeting many of the Abstract Expressionists. Voulkos returned to California to teach at Los Angeles County Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design) from 1954 to 1959 and it was in this period that his works really began to evolve. As the decade came to a close, Voulkos moved away from creating functional items, instead morphing vase-like structures into sculpture. He slashed the clay in certain instances and aggressively applied paint to the forms like canvas. No longer content to create works that hid their process of creation, Voulkos made the very act of creation paramount to the understanding and appreciation of his work, much like the Abstract Expressionists that he had associated with. Voulkos artistic output piqued the interest of Peter Selz, the Curator of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1960, he invited Voulkos to exhibit six of his paintings alongside a number of his sculptures as part of the New Talent series, one man exhibitions that the museum had been offering since 1950 to artists who had not yet had solo exhibitions in New York. Voulkos used this opportunity to illustrate the connection between painting, the classic example of fine-art, and ceramics. After his show at MoMA, the artist spent the summers of 1960-1962, and 1964 in New York teaching and creating work at the famed Greenwich House Pottery and Columbia University. Peter Voulkos brought ceramics into the realm of fine art. He died in 2002, but his legacy is remembered in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Davis Brothers Auction
Jan. 10, 2024
Peter Voulkos
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
American, 1924-2002 Untitled (Plate), 1979 Signed and dated Voulkos 79 on the underside Stoneware with porcelain Diameter 23 1/2 inches (59.7 cm)
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Dec. 14, 2023
PETER VOULKOS STYLE EARTHENWARE CHARGER
Est: $50 - $1,000
Brutalist ceramic charger in the manner of Peter Voulkos. Dimensions: H 5.5" x W 28.5" x D 28" Condition: Minor surface wear consistent with age and use.
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