Viola Frey

Largest Grandmother

1987

Medium
ceramic and glazes
Dimensions
121 x 33 x 24 inches (307.3 x 83.8 x 61 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-0022CMS
Credit Line
Artists’ Legacy Foundation, Oakland, CA
Exhibition History
  • 1995   From Plastic Form to Printer’s Plates: 16 Contemporary Sculptor/Printmakers, The Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH (catalogue); also traveled to Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH; Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX; McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH; Shafer Art Gallery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, KS
  • 1988   Urban Figures, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY
  • 1987   Viola Frey, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography
  • 2017    Griffin, Susan. Viola Frey: Women & Men. Berkeley: Kelly’s Cove Press, 2017.
  • 2002    Schlosberg, Carl. Celebrating 30 Years. Sherman Oaks: Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, 2002.
  • 2001    Whittaker, Richard. “Who Makes Originals, Ever? A Conversation with Viola Frey.” Works and Conversations. 2001. 10-19.
  • 1998    Schlosberg, Carl. “Reflections on 25 Years.” The 25th Anniversary Exhibition of Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts: Sculpture, Paintings, Prints, and Drawings. Sherman Oaks: Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, 1998.
  • 1997    “Giant Exhibition: Shafer Gallery opens two shows with open house today.” Great Bend Tribune. February 2, 1997. 12.
  • 1994    Kangas, Matthew. “Viola Frey’s Family Plot.” Sculpture. May-June 1994. 38-43.
Scroll to Top