Viola Frey

Man Balancing Urn

2004

Medium
ceramic and glazes
Dimensions
72 x 77 x 73 inches (182.9 x 195.6 x 185.4 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-0005CMS
Credit Line
Artists’ Legacy Foundation, Oakland, CA
Exhibition History
  • 2024   The Portland Vase: Mania and Muse, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
  • 2021   Hard/Cover, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2009   Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI (catalogue); also traveled to Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Bibliography
  • 2024    de Bos, Cynthia, Nancy Lim, Viola Frey with Charles Fiske, Jenelle Porter, and Jodi Throckmorton. de Bos, Cynthia, and Jenelle Porter, eds. Viola Frey: Artist’s Mind/Studio/World. Oakland: Artists’ Legacy Foundation and New York: Gregory R. Miller, forthcoming September 2024.
  • 2024    Forschler-Tarrasch, Anne and Rachel Gotlieb. The Portland Vase: Mania & Muse. Sacramento: Crocker Art Museum, 2024.
  • 2021    Laster, Paul. “Out in Philly - Four Museums and Nine Shows in Eight Hours.” WhiteHotMagazine.com. August 2021. https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/nine-shows-in-eight-hours/5122
  • 2010    “Museums and Sights.” Timeout.com. February 28, 2010. http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/museums-attractions/bigger-better-more-the-art-of-viola-frey
  • 2010    Berman, Greta. “The Colossal Ceramic World of Viola Frey.” The Juilliard Journal. March 2010. http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/colossal-ceramic-world-viola-frey
  • 2010    Widner, Ellis. “Art Center gets ‘Bigger’.” Springdale Morning News [Fayetteville, AR]. September 7, 2010. 8.
  • 2010    Di Marzo, Cindi. “A Human Museum Without Walls.” Studio International. February 10, 2010. http://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/a-human-museum-without-walls---bigger--better--more-the-art-of-viola-frey
  • 2010    Zeaman, John. “Show hits on big and small of pioneering sculptor Viola Frey.” NorthJersey.com. February 1, 2010. http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/Show_hits_on_big_and_small_of_pioneering_sculptor_Viola_Frey.html
  • 2009    Taragin, Davira. Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2009).
  • 2009    Man Balancing Urn Assembly. DVD. Los Angeles: Joe Ventress, 2009.
  • 2005    Trapp, Kenneth. Viola Frey (Viola Frey: A Lasting Legacy). New York: Nancy Hoffman Gallery, 2005.
Scroll to Top