Viola Frey

Me Man

1983/1984

Medium
ceramic and glazes
Dimensions
99 x 29 3/4 x 25 inches (251.5 x 75.6 x 63.5 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-3195CS
Credit Line
Collection of Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of William S. Bartman, 86.39a-i
Exhibition History
  • 2019   Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950-2019, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
  • 1991   The 1980s: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
  • 1991   American Life in American Art 1950-1990: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
  • 1989   The Eighties in Review, Whitney Museum of American Art at Fairfield County, Stamford, CT
  • 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.
  • 1987   California Figurative Sculpture, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA (catalogue)
  • 1984   Viola Frey, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
  • 1984   Viola Frey: Sculpture and Painting, Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography
  • 1993    Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan. The Sculptor’s Eye. New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1993.
  • 1991    New York Observer. February 11, 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    Hough, Katherine Plake and Michael Zakian. California Figurative Sculpture. Palm Springs: Palm Springs Desert Museum, 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    “Viola Frey: Whitney Museum of American Art.” ARTnews. November 19, 1984. 172-174.
  • 1984    Sims, Patterson. “Viola Frey at the Whitney.” Ceramics Monthly. November 1984. 51-53.
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