Abstract Form / Peter Voulkos

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Accession Number
1960/1.181
Title
Abstract Form
Artist
Peter Voulkos
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
(1924 - 2002)
Medium and Support
stoneware
Object Creation Date
circa 1960
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Style/Group/Movement
New York School
Dimensions
95 cm x 83 cm x 35 cm (37 3/8 in. x 32 11/16 in. x 13 3/4 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Ceramic
Primary Object Type
vessel
Secondary Object Classification
Sculpture
Secondary Object Type
abstract sculpture
Physical Description
Large stoneware abstract sculpture with two balanced lateral crescent-shaped forms branching off a central conical structure. Brown with loosely-painted broad brushstrokes in black and incised decoration of rows of dots in a “stitching-like” pattern
Subject Matter
Drawing inspiration from Japanese ceramics, American Abstract Expressionist painting, and improvisational jazz, Voulkos pushed the limits of his medium and moved beyond the realm of the ceramic vessel to a new level of sculpted and painted ceramic form.
Inspired by the large-scale, unpremeditated form, free-energy and bold gestural strokes of abstract expressionism, his work became marked by mass and size, spontaneous form, and a bold, painterly use of glazes.
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1019 x 989
File Size
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Record
1960/1.181
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"Abstract Form; Peter Voulkos." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-1.181/1960_1.181.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 10, 2024.
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