Viola Frey
Self-Portrait with Figurines
1976
Medium
ceramic and glazes
Dimensions
70 1/2 x 53 1/2 x 43 1/2 inches (179.1 x 135.9 x 110.5 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-0045CS
Credit Line
Artists’ Legacy Foundation, Oakland, CA
Exhibition History
- 1982 Figurative Clay Sculpture: Northern California, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
- 1981 Viola Frey, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (catalogue); also traveled to Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Sheehan Art Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA; Blanden Memorial Gallery, Fort Dodge, IA; Matthew’s Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Illinois State University, Normal, IL; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
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.
- 2017 Griffin, Susan. Viola Frey: Women & Men. Berkeley: Kelly’s Cove Press, 2017.
- 2001 Whittaker, Richard. “Who Makes Originals, Ever? A Conversation with Viola Frey.” Works and Conversations. 2001. 10-19.
- 1982 Jones, Mady. Figurative Clay Sculpture: Northern California. San Francisco: Quay Gallery, 1982.
- 1981 Clark, Garth. Viola Frey (Sacramento: Creative Arts League of Sacramento, 1981).
- 1981 Dunham, Judith L. “Ceramic Bricolage: The Protean Art of Viola Frey.” American Craft Magazine. New York: American Craft Council, August / September 1981. 29-33.