Lot Essay
The present work related to the artist's double-sided oil painting, Blue Negligée and The Artist's Wife Sewing (sold: Christie's Online, 14-23 March 2016, lot 29, $27,500).
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The Artist's Wife Sewing
Details
FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE (1874-1939)
The Artist's Wife Sewing
signed and dated 'F.C. Frieseke -1923' (lower right)
charcoal, watercolor and pencil on paper
12 ½ x 9 ½ in. (31.8 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1923.
The Artist's Wife Sewing
signed and dated 'F.C. Frieseke -1923' (lower right)
charcoal, watercolor and pencil on paper
12 ½ x 9 ½ in. (31.8 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1923.
Provenance
Louise Rogers Kniffen, New York.
Estate of the above.
Christie's East, New York, 15 June 2000, lot 67, sold by the above.
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2002.
Estate of the above.
Christie's East, New York, 15 June 2000, lot 67, sold by the above.
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2002.
Exhibited
New York, Hollis Taggart Galleries, Chamber Works by Frederick C. Frieseke, November 28, 2000-January 13, 2001, n.p., pl. 23, illustrated.
Further details
This work is included in the draft Frieseke catalogue raisonné, compiled by Nicholas Kilmer, the artist's grandson, with the support of the Hollis Taggart Galleries. That draft is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art.
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Quincie Dixon
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