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Magdalena Suarez Frimkess
Teacup1984

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Handbuilt ceramic cup with irregular wavy rim, teal handle, and painted cartoon figure in ochre and black on a white-glazed exterior, deep purple interior glaze
Ceramic cup with irregular, uneven rim and small looped handle, glazed in muted blue, teal, and purple; exterior decorated with painted figurative imagery including a cartoonish child figure wearing a beaded necklace and a stylized owl, rendered in loose, expressive brushwork; deep purple interior glaze.
Ceramic bowl with irregular rim and footed base, glazed in mottled blue, green, and dark brown; painted cartoon-style face of a child with curly hair and wide eyes on the front, wearing a beaded necklace, rendered in brown slip over pale glaze.
Ceramic cup with irregular, scalloped rim and teal loop handle, decorated with painted figures in orange, black, blue, and pink against a white ground, with teal and pink gestural patches; pink-glazed interior visible from above; rough unglazed foot ring.

Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Teacup, 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
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1984
Medium
Stoneware
Dimensions
Height: 3 1/4 in. (7.62 cm); Diameter: 4 3/4 in. (12.07 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Betty M. Asher
Accession Number
AC1998.266.60
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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