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Magdalena Suarez Frimkess
Teacup and Saucer1984

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Ceramic cup and saucer with scalloped rims and a speckled off-white glaze, decorated with a loosely painted landscape scene in blue, green, pink, and yellow
Tin-glazed earthenware plate with scalloped rim, painted in polychrome with a landscape scene featuring a large yellow horseshoe shape enclosing a blue and white cow, flanked by green trees, a red brick building, and rustic structures at left.

Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Teacup and Saucer, 1984, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Betty M. Asher, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Magdalena Suarez Frimkess
Venezuela, active United States, California, Venice, born 1929
Title
Teacup and Saucer
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1984
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Diameter: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Betty M. Asher
Accession Number
AC1998.266.58.1-.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Blondet, Jose Luis, editor. Magdalena Suarez Frimkess: The Finest Disregard. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.
Copyright
© Magdalena Suarez Frimkess

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