Viola Frey

Untitled (Man in Blue I)

1983

Medium
ceramic and glazes
Dimensions
108 x 32 x 26 inches (274.3 x 81.3 x 66 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-3194CS
Credit Line
Collection of Oakland Museum of California, gift of the Collectors Gallery, A84.8
Exhibition History
  • 1988   Figure as Subject: The Revival of Figuration Since 1975, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; also traveled to Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR; Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Madison Art Center, Madison, WI.
  • 1984   Viola Frey, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
  • 1984   Viola Frey: Sculpture and Painting, Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography
  • 2001    Whittaker, Richard. “Viola Frey: Reflections on the Artist and Her Work.” Works and Conversations. 2001. 2-9.
  • 1991    Tomidy, Paul. De-Persona. Oakland: Oakland Museum of California, 1991.
  • 1988    Larsen, Susan C. Viola Frey: Monumental Figures 1978-1987. Los Angeles: Asher-Faure; San Francisco: Rena Bransten Gallery, 1988.
  • 1988    Sims, Patterson. The Figure as Subject: The Revival of Figuration Since 1975. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1988.
  • 1987    Clark, Garth. American Ceramics: 1876 to the Present, edited by Libby W. Seaberg. New York: Abbeville Press, Inc., 1987.
  • 1987    “Acquisitions: July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1987.” Bulletin of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Fall 1987. 57, 82.
  • 1984    Sims, Patterson. Viola Frey. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1984.
  • 1984    Sims, Patterson. “Viola Frey at the Whitney.” Ceramics Monthly. November 1984. 51-53.
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