Viola Frey
Self-Portrait
1974
Medium
ceramic and glazes
Dimensions
60 1/4 x 25 x 21 inches (153 x 63.5 x 53.3 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-0046CSS
Credit Line
Collection of Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris. Gift of Artists’ Legacy Foundation, Oakland, California, to honor the legacy of Viola Frey. AMVP-2021-4.
Exhibition History
- 2021 The Flames: The Age of Ceramics, Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France (catalogue)
- 1982 Viola Frey: Figures, Art Gallery/Visual Arts Center, CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
- 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
- 1975 Viola Frey: Recent Ceramic Sculpture, Hank Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1975 Viola Frey: Recent Ceramic Sculpture, Hank Baum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1975 Viola Frey: Recent Works, Wenger+Casat Galleries, La Jolla, CA
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.
- 2001 Whittaker, Richard. “Who Makes Originals, Ever? A Conversation with Viola Frey.” Works and Conversations. 2001. 10-19.
- 1981 Clark, Garth. Viola Frey (Sacramento: Creative Arts League of Sacramento, 1981).
- 1975 Albright, Thomas. “Viola Frey: An Artist Who Steps Into Her Work.” San Francisco Chronicle. April 30, 1975. 47.
- 1975 “44 From Viola Frey at Baum Gallery.” The Centerview [San Francisco]. May 1975. 7.
- 1975 “Viola Frey at Baum Gallery.” The Centerview [San Francisco]. May 1975. 7.
- 1975 Meisel, Alan. “Exhibitions: Letters, San Francisco.” Craft Horizons. New York: American Craft Council, August 1975. 37, 50.