Viola Frey
Mrs. National Geographic
1978
Medium
ceramic, glazes, and China paint
Dimensions
70 1/2 x 23 x 16 inches (179.1 x 58.4 x 40.6 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-3119CS
Credit Line
Private Collector
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
- 1984 Directions in Contemporary American Ceramics, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (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
- 1979 The Unpainted Portrait: Contemporary Portraiture in a Nontraditional Media, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (catalogue)
- 1979 Large Scale Ceramic Sculpture, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA (catalogue)
- 1979 West Coast Clay Spectrum, Security Pacific Bank Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
Bibliography
- 2017 Griffin, Susan. Viola Frey: Women & Men. Berkeley: Kelly’s Cove Press, 2017.
- 2010 Di Marzo, Cindi. “A Human Museum Without Walls.” Studio International. February 10, 2010. http://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/a-human-museum-without-walls---bigger--better--more-the-art-of-viola-frey
- 2010 “Viola Frey.” Shepolished.Blogspot.com. January 5, 2010. http://shespolished.blogspot.com/2010/01/viola-frey-1933-2004.html
- 2009 Taragin, Davira. Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2009).
- 1984 Fairbanks, Jonathan L. and Kenworth W. Moffett. Directions in Contemporary American Ceramics. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1984.
- 1979 Amerson, Price. Large Scale Ceramic Sculpture. Davis: Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, 1979.
- 1979 Levin, Elaine. West Coast Clay Spectrum. Los Angeles: Security Pacific Bank, 1979.
- 1979 Tvrdik, Valerie. The Unpainted Portrait: Contemporary Portraiture in Nontraditional Media. Shaboygan, WI: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 1979.
- 1979 Halsey, Jan. “24 artists’ works are on display.” The Daily Democrat {Woodland-Davis, CA], March 22, 1979. 14.
- 1979 McColm, Del. “Major ceramics art show opens.” Davis Enterprise-Weekend. March 16, 1979. 7.