and the development of a prototype for an electric potter's wheel. In 1979 he was introduced to the use of wood firing in anagama kilns by Peter Callas, who became a close collaborator of his for the next 23 years. Most of Voulkos's late work was wood-fired in Callas's anagama, which was located at first in Piermont, New York, and later, in Belvidere, New Jersey. This unique partnership and the resulting work is considered by many curators and collectors to be the most exuberant period of Voulkos's career . Sculptures Black Butte Divide or Black Divide - Butte, 1958, fired clay, Norton Simon Museum Hall of justice, 1971, bronze Mr. Ishi, 1970, bronze Untitled (Stack), 1980, stoneware, exhibited at the Oakland Museum of California Public collections Awards 1959: Rodin Museum Prize 1984: Guggenheim Fellowship 1997: Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement from the College Art Association Personal life Voulkos is survived by his first wife, Margaret Cone, and their daughter, Pier, a polymer clay artist; his wife, Ann, and their son, Aris; and his brother and two sisters. In the early 1980s, Peter Voulkos went to rehab to deal with alcohol and cocaine addiction. See also American craft Ceramics (art) Studio pottery Paul Soldner References Further reading Rhodes, Daniel (1959). Stoneware and Porcelain: The Art of High-Fired Pottery. Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, Pennsylvania, 1959. Coplans, John (1966). Abstract Expressionist Ceramics (exhibition catalogue). The University of California, Irvine, 1966. Read, Herbert (1964). A Concise History of Modern Sculpture. New York: Oxford University Press, New York. Beard, Geoffrey (1969). Modern Ceramics London: Studio Vista, United Kingdom, 1969. Fischer, Hal (November 1978). "The Art of Peter Voulkos", Artforum, pp. 41–47. Slivka, Rose (1978). Peter Voulkos: A Dialogue with Clay. New York: New York Graphic Society in association with American Crafts Council. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1978). Peter Voulkos: A Retrospective 1948-1978. San Francisco, California. Preaud, Tamara and Serge Gauthier (1982). Ceramics of the 20th Century. New York: Rizzoli International. MacNaughton, Mary et al. (1994). Revolution in Clay: The Marer Collection of Contemporary Ceramics. Scripps College, Claremont, California, in association with The University of Washington, Seattle. Slivka, Rose and Karen Tsujimoto (1995). The Art of Peter Voulkos. Kodansha International in collaboration with the Oakland Museum, Oakland, California. Danto, Arthur Coleman and Janet Koplos (1999). Choice from America: Modern American Ceramics. 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands: Het Kruithuis, Museum of Contemporary Art. pp. 9–12, 16-9, 104-7,