Viola Frey
Junkman, Bricoleur
1977
Medium
ceramic, glazes, and China paint
Dimensions
71 1/4 x 18 x 18 3/4 inches (181 x 45.7 x 47.6 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-3108CS
Credit Line
Collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchased with matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Soap Box Derby Fund, 80.169.A-C
Exhibition History
- 2009 Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI (catalogue); also traveled to Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
- 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
- 1978 CCAC Alumni Exhibition, California College of the Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Bibliography
- 2010 Hirsch, Faye. “Viola Frey.” Art in America. May 2010. 153.
- 2009 Taragin, Davira. Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2009).
- 1981 Clark, Garth. Viola Frey (Sacramento: Creative Arts League of Sacramento, 1981).
- 1979 Meisel, Alan. “Exhibitions: Letters, San Francisco.” Craft Horizons. New York: American Crafts Council, April 1979. 69.