* Frederick Carl Frieseke
(American, 1874 - 1939)
Mrs. Frieseke at the Kitchen Window, 1912
oil on canvas
signed F.C. Frieseke (lower left)
25 3/4 x 31 3/4 inches.
Estimate $ 70,000-90,000
Property from the Terra Foundation for American Art, Sold to Benefit Future Acquisitions
Provenance:
The artist
Estate of the above
Frances Frieseke Kilmer, daughter of the artist, by descent
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York
Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1987
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1987
Exhibitions:
Chicago, Illinois, Terra Museum of American Art, American Artists and the Paris Experience, 1880-1910, November 22, 1997-March 8, 1998; Giverny, France, Musee d'Art Americain Giverny, April 1-July 1, 2001, on loan; Giverny, France, Musee d'Art Americain Giverny, Giverny en Fleurs, March 2-November 30, 2003; Giverny, France, Musee d'Art Americain Giverny, Visages de l'Amerique: de George Washington a Marilyn Monroe, April 1-October 31, 2004, p. 31; Crakow, Poland, International Cultural Center, Twarze Ameryki: Portrety z kolekcji Terra Foundation for American Art, 1770-1940, February 15-May 7, 2006, pp. 106-07, illustrated; Beijing, China, National Art Museum of China; Shanghai, China, Shanghai Art Museum and Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art; Moscow, Russia, The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts; Bilbao, Spain, Guggenheim Bilbao, Art in America: 300 Years of Innovation, February 9, 2007-April 27, 2008, p. 170, illustrated.
Literature:
W.H. Gerdts, et al., Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865-1915, exhibition catalogue, Chicago, Illinois, 1992, p. 86, fig. 82, illustrated.
R. Gomes, Impressions of Giverny: A Painter's Paradise, 1883-1914, San Francisco, California, 1995, pp. 96-97, 116, pl. 93, illustrated.
Note:
This painting will be included in the Frederick C. Frieseke Catalogue Raisonne being compiled by Nicholas Kilmer, the artist's grandson, with the support of the Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York.