Viola Frey

American · 1933–2004 · Painter, Sculptor

Viola Frey was an American artist working in sculpture, painting and drawing, and professor emerita at California College of the Arts. She lived and worked in the San Francisco… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Viola Frey, World of Possibilities-, Glazed ceramicWorld of Possibilities-Jackson's International Auctioneers · $125,000≈ £96,562≈ €112,846Sign up to see
  2. Viola Frey, Reclining Woman, Hand Outstretched, 2002, glazed ceramic, in 16 partsReclining Woman, Hand OutstretchedBonhams · $114,800≈ £85,793≈ €102,555Sign up to see
  3. Viola Frey, Untitled (from the Grandmother Dress series), 1982, hand-built and glazed earthenware, steelUntitled (from the Grandmother Dress series)Rago Auctions · $75,600≈ £59,248≈ €70,228Sign up to see

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Viola Frey was an American artist working in sculpture, painting and drawing, and professor emerita at California College of the Arts. She lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area and was renowned for her larger-than-life, colorfully glazed clay sculptures of men and women, which expanded the traditional boundaries of ceramic sculpture.

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Born 1933, LodiDied 2004, OaklandOccupation Painter, Sculptor, DraughtsmanWikidata Q7933014 ↗ULAN 500061622 ↗

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