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Magdalena Suarez Frimkess
Teacup1984

Not on view
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.
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.