Ken Price
Biography
For over 50 years, Ken Price produced brightly colored ceramic sculptures with exquisitely worked glazed and painted surfaces in which he achieved a balance between form and surface. In 2012, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art organized a major retrospective exhibition highlighting Price’s sculpture, which traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Price’s works on paper have also achieved wide recognition, with a 2013 survey organized by The Drawing Center in New York.
Price moved to Taos in 1970 with his wife Happy. The folk art traditions of New Mexico had considerable influence on him, inspiring the six-year project “Happy’s Curios”.
Ken Price was born in Los Angeles in 1935. He lived and worked in Venice Beach, CA and Taos, NM.
Sources:
Matthew Marks Gallery
Schools of Study
Alfred University, Alfred, NY 1959
Los Angeles County Art Institute, Los Angeles 1957
University of Southern California, Los Angeles 1956
Chouinard Art Institute
Partial List of Collections
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Selected Exhibitions
Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles 1960
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX 1992
Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX 2004
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 2012
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2012
The Drawing Center, New York 2013
Albright-Knox Gallery, New York 2013
Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM 2013
Ken Price at 203 Fine Art
Please follow the link below to view the online catalogue for the 2019 exhibition LA to Taos, organized by 203 Fine Art.
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Ken PriceEvening Ware, 1979Glazed ceramic8 ¼ x 5 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches
21 x 13.3 x 13.3 cm -
Ken PriceFour Cups, 1956ceramic glazed
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Ken PriceFour Tequila Cups , 1979glazed earthenwareea 1 7/8 x 2 1/4" with handle
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Ken PriceClub Delicias Cup, 1972-1977glazed and painted earthenware2 1//2 x 3 1/2" with handle
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Ken PriceCup with Purple Band, ca. 1976Glazed & painted ceramic2 ¾ x 4 x 3 inches
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Ken PriceGroup of Eight Untitled Cups, 1978-79terracotta glazed3 ⅛ x 3 ¾ x 2 ¾ inches
7.9 x 9.5 x 7 cm -
Ken PriceMexican House, 1974Gouache, pastel and graphite on illustration board11 x 14 inches
27.9 x 35.6 cm -
Ken PriceUntitled (Erotic Plate from Happy's Curios), c 1975glazed and painted earthenwarediameter 11"
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Ken PriceUntitled (Erotic Bowl from Happy's Curios), c 1975glazed and painted earthenwareh 3" diameter 6"
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Ken PriceUntitled (Erotic Bowl from Happy's Curios), c 1975glazed and painted earthenwareH 3" diameter 6"
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Ken PriceRoman Martinez Tequila Cup, ca. 1990sTerracotta glazed1 ½ x 2 x 2 ½ inches
3.8 x 5.1 x 6.4 cm -
Ken PriceTequila Cup Orange Truck Green Interior, ca. 1990sTerracotta glazed1 ½ x 2 x 2 ½ inches
3.8 x 5.1 x 6.4 cm -
Ken PriceUntitled , 1957ceramic plate8 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches
22.2 x 22.2 cm -
Ken PriceUntitled (Cup), 1955stoneware3 x 3 ½ x 2 ¾ inches
7.6 x 8.9 x 7 cm -
Ken PriceUntitled (Vase), 1956stoneware12 ¼ x 6 ½ x 6 ½ inches
31.1 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm -
Ken PriceVillage Plate, c. 1976Glazed & painted ceramic11 ¾ x 7 ½ x 1 inches
29.8 x 19.1 x 2.5 cm -
Ken PriceSculpture 1990, 1990Watercolor, ink and colored pencil on paper16 x 20 inchesSold
Framed 19 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches
40.6 x 50.8 cm -
Ken Priceuntitled (small linoleum cuts), 1976Colored Pencil and graphite / Paper on board3 ½ x 8 ½ inches
8.9 x 21.6 cm -
Ken PriceUntitled Painted Cup Urban Scene, ca. 1980Glazed & painted ceramic9.5 x 5.1 x 8.9 cmMost of Ken Price cups and other small ceramicsSold
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Ken PriceErotic Drawing (She Was a China Tea Cup), UndatedGraphite on paper9.9 x 11.4 cmSold
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Ken PriceLorna's Lagoon, 1981Watercolor & Xerox print on paper, ed. of 315.2 x 30.5 cmSold
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Ken PriceMezcal Cup (Orange/Red/Blue & Green), UndatedGlazed & painted ceramic5.1 x 6.4 x 3.8 cmSold
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Ken PriceCup with Red Band, 1972-1977Glazed & painted ceramic7.6 x 8.9 x 8.3 cmSold
