Photo © Michaan's Auctions — view this lot on Michaan's Auctions ↗double sided mixed media on paper, 1933
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Michaan's Auctions · Sep 20, 2024$347 ≈ £260 ≈ €310Sign up free to see price
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Three Pots with Lids
Viola Frey (American, 1933–2004)
$576 price realized incl. premium
≈ £471≈ €542
Hammer $450 · with buyer’s premium $576
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “glazed ceramic, one urn with label signed 'VIOLA FREY' and inscribed 'CCAC OAKLAND, CAL' on underside”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Viola Frey signature
- Category
- Ceramics & studio pottery
- Dimensions
- height of tallest urn with handles 15in (38.1cm); height of middle urn with curly lid 12 3/4in (32.3cm); height of shortest urn with straight lid 12 1/2in (31.7cm)
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Modern Design | Art (28470)
- Date
- October 24, 2023
- Location
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lot
- 212
- Estimate
- $800 – $1,200 (≈ £655 – £982) (≈ €752 – €1,129)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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