Viola Frey
Double Grandmother
1978-1979
Medium
whiteware, glazes, and china paint
Dimensions
each 62 x 24 x 23 inches (157.5 x 61 x 58.4 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-3134CS
Credit Line
Collection of Minneapolis Institute of Art, gift of funds from the Regis Corporation, 81.29.1A,B; 81.29.2A,B; and 81.29.3
Exhibition History
- 2008 Multiple Personalities: Figural Sculpture and Contemporary Craft, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
- 2002 Functionalism to Funk: California Ceramics, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
- 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
- 1980 Seven Ceramic Sculptors, Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
- 1979 West Coast Clay Spectrum, Security Pacific Bank Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
Bibliography
- 2010 Koplos, Janet and Bruce Metcalf. Makers: A History of American Studio Craft. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
- 2009 Taragin, Davira. Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2009).
- 2003 Clark, Garth and Peter Schjeldahl. “Cracks in the Sidewalk: A Chronological Study of the Art and World of Viola Frey.” In Shards: Garth Clark on Ceramic Art, edited by John Pagliaro. New York: Ceramic Arts Foundation/Distributed Art Publications, 2003.
- 1996 Lovelace, Joyce. “’I Don’t Really Collect...’ Tales of the artists’ possessions.” American Craft. December 1995/January 1996. 40-45, 64.
- 1993 Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan. The Sculptor’s Eye. New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1993.
- 1981 Clark, Garth. Viola Frey (Sacramento: Creative Arts League of Sacramento, 1981).
- 1979 Levin, Elaine. West Coast Clay Spectrum. Los Angeles: Security Pacific Bank, 1979.