Man Observing, Series II

Viola Frey

earthenware and glazes

106 x 46 x 30 inches (269.24 x 116.84 x 76.2 cm)

VF-3205CS

Gift of Dorothy and George Saxe to the Fine Arts Museums Foundation, 2002.148.18

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
1999 The Art of Craft: Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
1993 Contemporary Crafts and The Saxe Collection, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (catalogue); also traveled to St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Harbor, CA; Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC

2016 Kane, Peter Lawrence. “’Un-Highlights’ of the Western Canon.” www.sfweekly.com. October 5, 2016. http://www.sfweekly.com/culture/art/un-highlights-western-canyon/
2014 Leung, Kenneth. “Visit to De Young Museum Modern Art.” kleungsf.files.wordpress.com. May 12, 2014. http://kleungsf.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/visit-to-the-de-young-museum-modern-art/
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.
2009 Roberts, Lee B. “Larger than Life: RAM features the extra-large work of Viola Frey.” The Journal Times [Racine, WI]. July 15, 2009. http://journaltimes.com/out_and_about/larger-than-life-ram-features-the-extra-large-work-of/article_d2d470ca-9684-5c23-9b17-896f65ea9812.html
1999 Burgard, Timothy Anglin. The Art of Craft: Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1999.
1993 Steadman, David W. and Davira S. Taragin. Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection. Toledo: Toledo Museum of Art, 1993.
1992 “Collecting the Latest.” San Francisco Chronicle. October 28, 1992.