Kenneth Ken Price (American, 1935-2012), Turtle Cup, 1968, Color Lithograph
Kenneth “Ken” Price (American, 1935–2012) was a Los Angeles-born artist who helped establish ceramics as a serious form of contemporary sculpture. After earning his BFA from the University of Southern California, he studied with Peter Voulkos at the Otis Art Institute and completed an MFA at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. While Voulkos favored large, forcefully worked clay, Price concentrated on intimate cups. Price worked with Tamarind during the 1960s and later collaborated extensively with Gemini G.E.L. His work is held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Turtle Cup, 1968, lithograph in brown on Copperplate Deluxe wove paper by Kenneth “Ken” Price. The composition presents a sea turtle in profile whose top shell has been replaced by a dark, handled ceramic cup. Printed by Serge Lozingot and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, the work is recorded as Tamarind catalogue no. 2501 and was issued in an edition of 20 with nine additional Tamarind impressions. This impression is inscribed in graphite on the verso “TAM. IMP. ‘TURTLE CUP’ PRICE ’68,” with “2501” and “Copperplate Deluxe” also noted, and bears the Tamarind and Lozingot blindstamps; “TAM. IMP.” identifies an impression retained by the workshop outside the numbered edition. Image measures approximately 6.75 x 5.25 inches; sheet measures approximately 26.25 x 20.25 inches. The sheet shows light toning and minor handling with old mounting-tape remnants along the upper verso; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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Kenneth “Ken” Price (American, 1935–2012) was a Los Angeles-born artist who helped establish ceramics as a serious form of contemporary sculpture. After earning his BFA from the University of Southern California, he studied with Peter Voulkos at the Otis Art Institute and completed an MFA at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. While Voulkos favored large, forcefully worked clay, Price concentrated on intimate cups. Price worked with Tamarind during the 1960s and later collaborated extensively with Gemini G.E.L. His work is held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Turtle Cup, 1968, lithograph in brown on Copperplate Deluxe wove paper by Kenneth “Ken” Price. The composition presents a sea turtle in profile whose top shell has been replaced by a dark, handled ceramic cup. Printed by Serge Lozingot and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, the work is recorded as Tamarind catalogue no. 2501 and was issued in an edition of 20 with nine additional Tamarind impressions. This impression is inscribed in graphite on the verso “TAM. IMP. ‘TURTLE CUP’ PRICE ’68,” with “2501” and “Copperplate Deluxe” also noted, and bears the Tamarind and Lozingot blindstamps; “TAM. IMP.” identifies an impression retained by the workshop outside the numbered edition. Image measures approximately 6.75 x 5.25 inches; sheet measures approximately 26.25 x 20.25 inches. The sheet shows light toning and minor handling with old mounting-tape remnants along the upper verso; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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26.25 x 20.25 in
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