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Peter Voulkos, Untitled

Sold for $250,000 at Rago Arts and Auction Center on Jun 11, 2026.

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Peter Voulkos Untitled 1958 glazed stoneware, plaster over wood base 30.75 h x 22 w x 13 d in (78 x 56 x 33 cm) Incised signature and date to lower edge 'Voulkos 58'. This work is registered in the Voulkos and Co. catalog. Sold with a digital copy of the invoice from Sotheby Parke Bernet. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Private Collection | Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, 4 February 1975, Lot 192 | Collection of Ernest and Nancy Long | Thence by descent Exhibited: Peter Voulkos: A Retrospective: 1948-1978, 17 February - 2 April 1978, San Francisco Museum of Art | Peter Voulkos Retrospective, 2 January - 20 February 1995, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo (traveled to the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) Literature: "The Art of Peter Voulkos," Fischer, Artforum, November 1978 Peter Voulkos Retrospective, Slivka et al., pg. 67, pl. 35 illustrate this example This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

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