John Tuska Art Pottery Bowl

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A signed art pottery bowl by well-listed artist John Tuska (1931-1998). This stoneware bowl features a narrow base that sits on a foot ring that gradually widens toward the top and has a thin brown glaze. The vessel is marked by the artist inside the foot ring ‘Tuska’

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.

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17LEX227-009