Girl Sewing (The Chinese Robe)

Details

Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939)
Girl Sewing (The Chinese Robe)
signed and dated 'F.C. Frieseke 31' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 32 in. (65 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted in 1931.

Provenance

The artist.
Estate of the above, 1939.
Family of the artist, by descent.
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 2001.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2001.

Literature

"Frieseke Chamber Exhibit," Artsline, Owosso, Michigan, Shiawassee Arts Council & Gallery, January 2001, p. 1.

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 127th Annual Exhibition, January 24-March 13, 1932, no. 432.
New York, Macbeth Gallery, An Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Frederic C. Frieseke, October 8-21, 1935, no. 6.
New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Frederick C. Frieseke, N.A., March 21-April 5, 1939, no. 34.
Fayetteville, North Carolina, Fayetteville Museum of Art, The Last Expatriate: Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939), 1980, no. 23 (as The Chinese Robe).
New York, Hollis Taggart Galleries and Owosso, Michigan, Shiawassee Arts Council, Chamber Works by Frederick C. Frieseke, November 28, 2000-January 13, 2001, p. 111, pl. 73, illustrated (as The Chinese Robe).

Lot Essay

The model in the present work is the artist's daughter Frances.

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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