Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939)
Spring (Girl Reading)
signed 'F.C. Frieseke.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
19 ¾ x 24 in. (50.1 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted in 1923.
Provenance
Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1923. J.J. Gillespie, Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1933. Private collection, Pennsylvania. By descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Special Exhibition of Paintings by Frederick C. Frieseke, March 4-30, 1924, no. 24 (as Girl Reading).
Lot Essay
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Frieseke's work being compiled by Nicholas Kilmer, the artist's grandson, and sponsored by Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York.