Viola Frey
Self-Portrait: de Medici Venus
1975
Medium
ceramic, glazes, and China paint
Dimensions
11 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (29.2 x 36.8 x 47 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-3073CS
Credit Line
Private Collector
Exhibition History
- 1998 Viola Frey: Survey 1969-1981, Rena Bransten 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
- 1975 Viola Frey: Recent Ceramic Sculpture, Hank Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, 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.
- 2000 Jana, Reena. “Viola Frey: Survey of Work 1969 - 1981.” Ceramics: Art and Perception. September 2000. 83-87.
- 1998 Jana, Reena and Patterson Sims. Viola Frey (San Francisco: Rena Bransten Gallery, 1998).