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Magdalena Suarez Frimkess
Teacup1984

Not on view
Hand-built stoneware mug with speckled off-white glaze, decorated with loosely painted navy-blue figures in a Mesoamerican codex style
Ceramic cup with irregular, uneven rim and speckled white glaze with iron-brown speckling. Two cartoonish human figures rendered in loose blue underglaze line drawing wrap around the vessel's surface.
Ceramic mug with irregular hand-built form, covered in a matte white speckled glaze with rust-brown iron spots and scorched marks near the uneven rim; small looped handle on the left side.
Artist or Maker
Magdalena Suarez Frimkess
Venezuela, active United States, California, Venice, born 1929
Title
Teacup
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1984
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
2 3/4 x 3 x 1 1/2 in. (6.99 x 7.62 x 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Betty M. Asher
Accession Number
AC1998.266.57
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.