Viola Frey
Self-Portrait on a Lumpy Blanket
1974
Medium
ceramic and glazes
Dimensions
20 x 13 x 4 1/2 inches (50.8 x 33 x 11.4 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-3070CS
Credit Line
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Art by Women Collection, gift of Linda Lee Alter, 2011.1.75
Exhibition History
- 2012 The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue); also traveled to Vicki Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO
- 2010 Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue)
Bibliography
- 2017 Griffin, Susan. Viola Frey: Women & Men. Berkeley: Kelly’s Cove Press, 2017.
- 2012 Throckmorton, Jodi. “A Different Approach: Joan Brown, Viola Frey, and the Feminist Art Movement.” In The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, edited by Robert Cozzolino, 220-227 (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2012).
- 2012 Sozanski, Edward J. “Art: Wealth of works, all by women.” Philly.com. November 26, 2012. http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-26/news/35348963_1_beatrice-wood-gladys-nilsson-female-artists
- 2010 Cozzolino, Robert and Sarah McEneaney. Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits, edited by Robert Cozzolino. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2010.
- 1998 Jana, Reena and Patterson Sims. Viola Frey (San Francisco: Rena Bransten Gallery, 1998).