Viola Frey
Manikin Man in a Wicker Chair
1977,1998
Medium
ceramic and glazes
Dimensions
32 1/2 x 16 x 14 inches (82.55 x 40.64 x 35.56 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-1002CSS
Credit Line
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Beatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, 2010.2068
Exhibition History
- 2014 Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX (catalogue); also traveled to Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
- 1998 Viola Frey: Survey 1969-1981, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
Bibliography
- 2015 “BEYOND CRAFT Exhibition to Open 8/27 at Canton Museum of Art.” BroadwayWorld.com. August 19, 2015. http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwart/article/BEYOND-CRAFT-Exhibition-to-Open-827-at-Canton-Museum-of-Art-20150819
- 2014 Strauss, Cindi, Janet Koplos, and Susie J. Silbert. Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2014.
- 2014 “Extensive Collection of Post- World War II Decorative Arts on View for the First time at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 2014.” Museum of Fine Arts Houston News Release. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January, 2014.