Peter Voulkos and John Mason Studio
John Mason and Peter Voulkos photographing a sculpture outside their shared studio on Glendale Boulevard in Los Angeles, ca. 1959. Courtesy of the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project
In the late 1950s, Peter Voulkos and John Mason shared a studio on Glendale Boulevard at the corner of Baxter Street near the Silver Lake Reservoir. At that time, the neighborhood was nicknamed “Mixville” because of a former movie studio that was run nearby by Tom Mix, a star of early Westerns. The building that housed their studio had once been an old stable.
Works of Art
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Vertical Sculpture, Spear Form, 1957, John Mason. Glazed stoneware. 67 5/16 x 28 x 12 in. Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum. © John Mason
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Little Big Horn, 1959, Peter Voulkos. Polychromed stoneware. 62 x 40 x 40 in. The Oakland Museum of California, gift of the Art Guild in memory of Helen Schilling Stelzner. © Mrs. Ann Voulkos, Voulkos Family Trust. Image courtesy of the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project. Photo by Joe Schopplein
Explore the Archive
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Video: Irving Blum, John Mason, and Billy Al Bengston speak about the work of Peter Voulkos, 2010–11
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Video: John Mason speaks about his work, March 2010
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Henry Takemoto with one of his coiled glazed stoneware pots at the studio of John Mason and Peter Voulkos, Los Angeles, ca. 1959. Image courtesy of Henry Takemoto
