Afternoon Tea on the Terrace

Details

Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939)
Afternoon Tea on the Terrace
oil on canvas
55½ x 56½ in. (141 x 143.5 cm.)

Provenance

David David, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sotheby's, New York, 30 May 1986, lot 183.
Sotheby's, New York, 15 March 1995, lot 125.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

"L'Art Decoratif," Revue Mensuelle d'Art Contemporain, July-December, 1906.
T. LeClere, La Decoration d'Un Hotel American, p. 195-200.
The International Studio, March-June 1911, vol. XLIII, nos. 169-172.
E.A. Taylor, The American Colony of Artists in Paris, p. 263-280, illustrated.

Exhibited

Richmond, Virginia, Viginia Museum of Fine Arts, A Special Exhibition Sponsored by the Confederation International des Negociants en Oeuvres d'Art, April-June 1983.

Lot Essay

This lot was once part of a mural in the Grand Deluxe Shelburne Hotel in Atlantic City. The work was commissioned by Rodman Wannamaker in 1906. The mural was later divided into seven pieces and installed in the hotel dining room.

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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