BOOKS

Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980: An Illustrated History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. 

Anderson, Mark, Chris Bruce, and Keith Wells. Extending the Artist’s Hand: Contemporary Sculpture from the Walla Walla Foundry. Pullman: Museum of Art, Washington State University, 2004. 

Barnes, Lucinda, Miyoshi Barosh, William S. Bartman, and Rodney Sappington, eds. Between Artists: Twelve Contemporary American Artists Interview Twelve Contemporary American Artists. Los Angeles: A.R.T. Press, 1996.

Barrie, Brooke. Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture. Gloucester: Rockport Publishers, 1999. 

Burgess Fuller, Diana. Contemporary American Women Artists. San Rafael: Cedco, 1991.

Clark, Garth. American Ceramics: 1876 to the Present, edited by Libby W. Seaberg. New York: Abbeville Press, Inc., 1987. 

Clark, Garth. The Eccentric Teapot: Four Hundred Years of Invention. New York: Abbeville Press, Inc., 1989.

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. 

Clark, Garth, ed. Ceramic Art: Comment and Review 1882–1977. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978. 

d’Albis, Antoine. Traité de la porcelaine de Sèvres. Quetigny: Editions Faton, 2003. 

de Bos, Cynthia, Nancy Lim, Viola Frey with Charles Fiske, Jenelle Porter, and Jodi Throckmorton. de Bos, Cynthia, and Jenelle Porter, eds. Viola Frey: Artist’s Mind/Studio/World. Oakland: Artists’ Legacy Foundation and New York: Gregory R. Miller, 2024.

Del Vecchio, Mark. Postmodern Ceramics. London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 2001.

Donhauser, Paul. The History of American Ceramics: The Studio Potter. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1978.

Dormer, Peter. The New Ceramics: Trends + Traditions. New York: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1986.

duPont, Diane C. et al. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Painting and Sculpture Collection. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1985.

Edwards, JoAnn and Carolyn Kastner. M. Lee Fatherree’s Photography: Evidence of Artists at Work 1978-2007. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, 2007. 

Ferrin, Leslie. Margaret Pennington Collection. Cummington, MA: Ferrin Contemporary, 2014.

Frank, Patrick. Prebles’ Artforms, 11th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2013. 

Frey, Viola and Martha Drexler Lynn. Anne Scott Plummer, edited by William Bartman. Beverly Hills: A.R.T. Press, William S. Bartman Foundation, 1989. 

Garcia, Edith. Ceramics and the Human Figure. Westerville, OH: American Ceramic Society, 2012.

Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan. The Sculptor’s Eye. New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1993.

Griffin, Susan. Viola Frey: Women and Men. Berkeley: Kelly’s Cove Press, 2017. 

Halvorsen, Liza E. “Viola Frey.” In Connecting Conversations: Interviews with 28 Bay Area Women Artists, edited by Moira Roth. Oakland: Eucalyptus Press, Mills College, 1988. 

Heller, Jules, ed. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Garland, 1995.

Ivey, Bill and Nancy Princenthal. A Creative Legacy: A History of the National Endowment for The Arts Visual Artists’ Fellowship Program 1966-1995, edited by Adele Westbrook. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001. 

Johnstone, Mark and Leslie Aboud Holzman. Epicenter: San Francisco Bay Area Art Now. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2002. 

Jones, Mady. “Figurative Clay Sculpture: Northern California.” National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 3, no. 1 (1982): 53-55.

Kent, Frank. Crocker Art Gallery Catalogue of Collection. Sacramento: Crocker Art Gallery, 1964.

Koplos, Janet and Bruce Metcalf. Makers: A History of American Studio Craft. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010.

Larsen, Susan C. Viola Frey: Monumental Figures 1978-1987. Los Angeles: Asher-Faure; San Francisco: Rena Bransten Gallery, 1988.

Lee-Koven, Katie, Matthew Limb, and Billy Sessions. Unearthed: The NEHMA Ceramics Collection. Logan, UT: Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, 2024.

Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics: 1607 to the Present. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988.

Lauria, Jo and Suzanne Baizerman. California Design: The Legacy of West Coast Craft and Style. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005. 

Lowry, Susan, Nancy Berner, and Marion Brenner. Private Gardens of the Bay Area. New York: The Monacelli Press, 2017. 

Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics – Innovation and Identity, 1940–1979. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015. 

Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Glass: 1960–1990. Manchester: Hudson Hills Press, 2004. 

Lynn, Martha Drexler. Clay Today— Contemporary Ceramists and Their Work: A Catalogue of the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.

Maybeck, Jacomena et al. Noni Eccles Treadwell Ceramic Arts Center: Ceramics. Oakland: California College of Arts and Crafts, c. 1973.

McTwigan, Michael. “Figurative Ceramic Sculpture.” In Transactions of the Ceramics Symposium 1979, edited by Garth Clark. Los Angeles: Institute for Ceramic History, 1980: 56-65.

Moore, Silvia, ed. Yesterday and Tomorrow: California Women Artists. New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1989. 

Munsterberg, Hugo and Marjorie Munsterberg. World Ceramics: From Prehistoric to Modern Times. New York: Penguin Studio, 1998. 

Natsoulas, John. 30 Ceramic Sculptors. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press, 2005.

Natsoulas, John. 30 Ceramic Sculptors 2006. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press, 2006.

Orr-Cahall, Christina. Norton Museum of Art: The American Collection. Palm Beach: Norton Museum of Art, 1995. 

Owen, Amy. Based on a True Story: Highlights from the di Rosa Collection. Napa: di Rosa, 2016.

Palm Springs Art Museum: 75 Years, 75 Works. Palm Springs: Palm Springs Art Museum, 2013. 

Paredes, Liana. Sèvres Then and Now: Tradition and Innovation in Porcelain, 1750-2000. London: D Giles Limited, 2009. 

Perry, Barbara and William C. Ketchum. American Ceramics: The Collection of the Everson Art Museum. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989. 

Peterson, Susan and Jan Peterson. The Craft and Art of Clay, 4th Edition. New York: The Overlook Press, October 2003.

Pruzan, Jared and Richard Segal, et al. Contemporary Realism: The Seavest Collection. Tigard, OR: Collectors Press, Inc., 2007. 

Reijnders, Anton. “Firing Glazes.” The Ceramic Process: A Manual and Source of Inspiration for Ceramic Art and Design. ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands: European Ceramics Work Centre and London: Herbert Press, 2005.

Raine, Barry and Seward Johnson, et al. Grounds for Sculpture: A Living Legacy, Intuitive Encounters with Art in Nature. Hamilton, NJ: The Sculpture Foundation, Inc., and New York: MTM Publishing, 2013. 

Reinertson, Lisa. Bay Area Clay: A Legacy of Social Consciousness [Hoffman Gallery, Lewis and Clark College]. Benicia, CA: Lisa Reinertson, 2017. 

Reisman, Richard. Local Color: The di Rosa Collection of Contemporary California Art. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999. 

Reisman, Richard and Kathryn Reasoner. In Our Time and Place. Sacramento: University Art Gallery, Sacramento State University; Napa: di Rosa, 2009.

Richardson, Jan. “An Interview with Viola Frey.” In NCECA Journal 7, no. 2 (1986): 20-21. 

Schatz, Howard and Laura Nader. Gifted Woman, edited by Beverly J. Ornstein. San Francisco: Pacific Photographic Press, 1992.

Simon, Joan. Oliver Ranch. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2015.

Speight, Charlotte and John Toki. Hands in Clay: An Introduction to Ceramics. Houston: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1999: 149, 152.

Speight, Charlotte F. Images In Clay Sculpture: Historical and Contemporary Techniques. New York: Harper & Row, 1983.

Stroud, Marion Boulton. New Material as New Media: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, edited by Kelly Mitchell. Philadelphia: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2002.

Sweetkind, Irene, ed. Index of the Permanent Collection—The Butler Institute of American Art. Youngstown, OH: The Butler Institute of American Art, 1997.

Taylor, Louisa. Ceramics Masterclass: Creative Techniques of 100 Great Artists. London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 2020.

The Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. Los Angeles: Frederick R. Weisman Philanthropic Foundation, 2004.

Wechsler, Susan. Low-Fire Ceramics. New York: Watson-Guptil Publications, 1981.

Whittaker, Richard. The Conversations: Interviews with Sixteen Contemporary Artists. Venice, CA: Whale and Star Press: 66-77.

Zhou, Guangzhen “Po.” American Ceramic Artists Today. Beijing: The People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, 1998.