Frederick Carl Frieseke

(American, 1874-1939)

Woman at her Toilette, c. 1924

oil on canvas

signed F.C. Frieseke (lower right)

26 1/4 x 32 1/2 inches.

Property from The Private Collection of Ms. Darla Moore, Charleston, South Carolina

This painting, under the title Woman at Dressing Table, 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.

Provenance:

Sandra Werther Ltd., New York, 1984 (as Woman Seated at Dressing Table)

Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1984 (as Woman Seated at Dressing Table and as Woman at her Toilette)

Private Collection, New York

Gerald Peters Gallery, New York (as Woman at her Toilette)

Berry-Hill Galleries, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1995

Exhibited:

New York, Wunderlich & Co., Selected American Paintings from the 19th and 20th Centuries, December 1984, p. 25, no. 25, illus.

New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, The Giverny Luminists: Frieseke, Miller, and Their Circle, November 29, 1995 - January 27, 1996, p. 52, no. 34, illus.

Framed: 34 x 39 3/4 inches.

Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is not lined; paint is very thinly applied, with canvas weave visible in areas. Under UV light: no apparent inpainting is visible. Additional images available upon request.

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South of Broad: The Charleston Home of Darla Moore by Tony Ingrao

Woman at her Toilette, c. 1924

South of Broad: The Charleston Home of Darla Moore by Tony Ingrao

Woman at her Toilette, c. 1924

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