Lot Essay
The present work depicts Janet O'Bryan Gély, the younger sister of Frieseke's wife Sarah.
FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE (1874-1939)
Portrait of Madame Gély #1 (On the Couch)
Details
FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE (1874-1939)
Portrait of Madame Gély #1 (On the Couch)
signed 'F.C. Frieseke-' (lower right)
oil on panel
19 ¹/₂ x 24 in. (49.5 x 61 cm.)
Painted circa 1907.
Portrait of Madame Gély #1 (On the Couch)
signed 'F.C. Frieseke-' (lower right)
oil on panel
19 ¹/₂ x 24 in. (49.5 x 61 cm.)
Painted circa 1907.
Provenance
The artist.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 2000.
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services LLC, New York.
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2008.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 2000.
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services LLC, New York.
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2008.
Exhibition
(Probably) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 102nd Annual Exhibition, February 4-March 24, 1907, no. 134 (as Girl in Rose).
Fayetteville, North Carolina, Fayetteville Museum of Art, The Last Expatriate: Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1980, no. 6 (as On the Couch).
Savannah, Georgia, Telfair Museum of Art, Frederick Carl Frieseke: The Evolution of an American Impressionist, December 8, 2001-February 3, 2002, p. 140, no. 16, illustrated.
Fayetteville, North Carolina, Fayetteville Museum of Art, The Last Expatriate: Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1980, no. 6 (as On the Couch).
Savannah, Georgia, Telfair Museum of Art, Frederick Carl Frieseke: The Evolution of an American Impressionist, December 8, 2001-February 3, 2002, p. 140, no. 16, 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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