Viola Frey
Manikin Man in a Wicker Chair

Manikin Man in a Wicker Chair

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Manikin Man in a Wicker Chair
Manikin Man in a Wicker Chair
ArtistAmerican, 1933–2004
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Manikin Man in a Wicker Chair
Date1977/1998
PlaceUnited States
MediumCeramic
DimensionsOverall: 32 1/2 × 16 × 14 in. (82.6 × 40.6 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2010.2068
Not on view

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Provenance[Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, 1998]; [Nancy Hoffman Gallery at Art Chicago, Chicago, May 20, 2004]; Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics, 1956–1986," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–June 30, 2013.

"Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–May 26, 2014; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, September 6, 2014–February 22, 2015; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio, August 27–October 25, 2015.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
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