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Peter Voulkos
5000 Feet1958

Not on view
Ceramic or plaster sculpture of an abstract, blocky humanoid form with faceted surfaces, a vertical slot opening, and a rough matte finish in muted mauve-gray tones, mounted on a flat rectangular base

Peter Voulkos, 5000 Feet, 1958, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Junior Art Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Peter Voulkos
United States, Montana, Bozeman, active United States, California, Berkeley, Oakland, and Los Angeles, 1924-2002
Title
5000 Feet
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1958
Medium
Stoneware with slip, gas fired
Dimensions
45 1/2 x 21 x 13 in. (115.57 x 53.34 x 33.02 cm)
Credit Line
Junior Art Council Fund
Accession Number
M.59.16
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography

  • Tuchman, Maurice. Art in Los Angeles: Seventeen Artists in the Sixties. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.

  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • MacNaughton, Mary Davis, ed. Clay's Tectonic Shift, 1956-1968: John Mason, Ken Price, Peter Voulkos. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum; Claremont, CA: Scripps College, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 2012.
  • Barron, Stephanie and Lauren Bergman. Ken Price Sculpture: a Retrospective. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico, 2012.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
  • Voulkos: the Breakthrough Years. London: Black Dog Publishing; New York: Museum of Arts and Design, 2016.
  • Sorkin, Jenni. Art in California. London; New York: Thames & Hudson, 2021.
Selected Exhibition History
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
Copyright
© Estate of Peter Voulkos

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