John Tuska Erotic Figural Ink Drawings, 1969

Item Details

John Tuska (Lexington, Kentucky, 1931-1998)
Untitled, 1969
Seven ink drawings on paper
Signed to the lower right

Tuska was a Kentucky-based artist, born in Yukon, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his sculptures, ceramics, paper casts, inks, and watercolors. He acquired his formal education at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, New York. After serving in the U.S Navy, he became an educator at the University of Kentucky, which commissioned him to produce his first and last major works in ceramic Genesis (1969) and bronze Illumine (1995). His work can be found in multiple institutions including Museum of Arts and Science, Georgetown College, Krannert Art Museum, Palmer Art Museum, Pennsylvania State University and University of Kentucky Art Museum, among many others.

Condition

- wear to edges of papers; toning to papers; creasing to corners of papers; torn upper edge of papers due to removal from previous binding.

Dimensions

- roughly measures each piece.

Item #

ITMGC60984