John Tuska Stoneware Sugar Bowl

Item Details

John Tuska (Lexington, Kentucky; 1931 – 1998)
Untitled, late 20th century
Stoneware vessel with metal trowel
Signed to the bottom of vessel

A lidded stoneware sugar bowl and metal trowel by artist John Tuska (Lexington, Kentucky; 1931 – 1998), late 20th century. Depicted is a wide-bodied vessel with dimpled accents and an off-white glaze accompanied by a small trowel. It is signed to the bottom.

Provenance
From the artist’s estate

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

- some dust and accretions; rusting and chipping to trowel.

Dimensions

- vessel measures; trowel measures 2.5" W x 7" H.

Item #

18DCC342-029