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Lot 64: Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939)

Est: $800,000 USD - $1,200,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USMay 18, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939)
Sunspots
signed 'F.C. Frieseke.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28¾ x 36½ in. (73 x 92.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1915.

Exhibited

Savannah, Georgia, The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, and elsewhere, Frederick Frieseke 1874-1939, November 5-December 5, 1974, no. 12.
Owosso, Michigan, Shiawasse Arts Council, Frederick Frieseke, 1874-1939, July 2-22, 1976, no. 4.
Fayetteville, North Carolina, Fayetteville Museum of Art, The Last Expatriate: Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1980, no. 13.
Sylacauga, Alabama, Sylacauga Art Museum, February 24-March 24, 1982, on loan.
Jacksonville, Florida, Cummer Gallery of Art, American Favorites from the Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation and the David Warner Foundation, September 16-November 11, 1984.
Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, January 30-March 29, 1987.
South Bend, Indiana, South Bend Art Center, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, December 9, 1989-February 4, 1990.
Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Impressions of America: The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, June 18-July 28, 1991.
Memphis, Tennessee, The Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Impressions of America, November 15, 1992-January 24, 1993.

Literature

The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Frederick Frieseke 1874-1939, exhibition catalogue, Savannah, Georgia, 1974, p. 18, no. 12.
Fayetteville Museum of Art, The Last Expatriate: Frederick Carl Frieseke, exhibition catalogue, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1980, n.p., no. 13.
T. Armstrong, ed., An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts, Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, New York, 2001, pp. 140-41, illustrated.

Provenance

The artist.
By descent.
[With]Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1980.

Notes

Property from The Westervelt Company, formerly The Gulf States Paper Corporation

Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939)
Sunspots
signed 'F.C. Frieseke.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28¾ x 36½ in. (73 x 92.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1915.

Auction Details

Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

by
Christie's
May 18, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US