Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939)

Study for Blue Curtains

Details

Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939)
Study for Blue Curtains
signed 'F.C. Frieseke' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23¾ x 23¾ in. (60.3 x 60.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1924.

Provenance

Private collection, circa 1920.
By descent to the present owner, 1967.

Exhibited

Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, on extended loan, n.d.

Lot Essay

The present work is a highly finished study for Blue Curtains, which was commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison for the Harrison Gallery at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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.

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