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Archive of the Mendocino Heritage Artists

FRAN MOYER: Heads

Ascetic

Ascetic, marble head by Fran Moyer (1951). Private collection.

Mystic: three views

Mystic, carved marble head by by Fran Moyer (1951). Private collection.
Mystic, marble head by by Fran Moyer (1951). Private collection.
Mystic, marble head by by Fran Moyer (1951). Private collection.
Label for the exhibition of Fran Moyer’s marble sculpture Mystic in the American Sculpture 1951 show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Victoria

Victoria, terracotta head by Fran Moyer (1953). 12th West Coast Ceramics Show, City of Paris, San Francisco, Awarded Honorable Mention for sculpture, and City of San Francisco Open Air Art Festival, Purchase Prize for sculpture. In the permanent collection of the City of San Francisco.

Babylonian

Babylonian, polychrome terracotta head by Fran Moyer (1957). Private collection.

Serenity: two views

Serenity, magnesite head by Fran Moyer (22″), 1960
Serenity, magnesite head by Fran Moyer (22″), 1960

Ball Cap

Ball Cap, polychrome ceramic head by Fran Moyer (20″), 1962. Private collection.

Nefertiti: three views

Nefertiti, polychrome ceramic head by Fran Moyer (18″). 1962. Private collection. SKU: FM196202.
Nefertiti, polychrome ceramic head by Fran Moyer (18″). 1962. SKU: FM196202.

 

Nefertiti, polychrome ceramic head by Fran Moyer (18″). 1962. SKU: FM196202.

Colonel Bogie’s Cupboard

Colonel Bogie’s Cupboard. Polychrome wood, with music box and other objects, by Fran Moyer (1964). Private collection.

Clown 6: Put on a Happy Face: three views

Clown 6: Put on a Happy Face. Polychrome ceramic head by Fran Moyer (1973). Private collection.
August 18, 1973 ID label for Clown 6, Zacha’s Bay Window Gallery
Clown 6: Put on a Happy Face, by Fran Moyer (1973). Side view. Polychrome ceramic. Private collection.
Clown 6: Put on a Happy Face, by Fran Moyer (1973). Back. Polychrome ceramic. Private collection.

Two Polychrome ceramic heads by Fran Moyer

Hilda Pertha stands in front of two of her canvasses. Small cast bronze figures by Bill Zacha are on the table on the left. Two polychrome heads by Fran Moyer are on the right. 1973 exhibit at Zacha’s Bay Window Gallery. All the artwork is now in private collections. © Hilda Pertha archives. Do not use photos without permissions.

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