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Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) Yellow and Blue (Tea Time), 1912 signed “F.C. Frieseke” (lowe...

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Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) Yellow and Blue (Tea Time), 1912 signed “F.C. Frieseke” (lowe...
Frederick Carl Frieseke
(1874-1939)
Yellow and Blue (Tea Time), 1912
signed “F.C. Frieseke” (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (80.1 x 64.6 cm)
Estimate: $100,000-150,000
Provenance
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Westchester
Exhibited
Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum; Boston,
St. Botolph Club, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Frederick C. Frieseke, March-April 1939
note
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonnÈ being compiled by Nicholas Kilmer.
Frieseke was one of the painters who shaped the post-Impressionist aesthetic of the American colony of artists at Giverny immediately preceding World War I. He and his wife, Sophie, lived next to Claude Monet, and often painted in his gardens. The themes of form shaped by outdoor light and color had become one of the hallmarks of Frieseke’s mature style, but in the summer of 1912 the rain drove him indoors. There, as in Yellow and Blue, he rediscovered his earlier love of domestic interiors, conveyed in striking patterns and colors that recall the works of Bonnard and Vuillard. In Yellow and Blue, Frieseke uses the same model and strong decorative patterns as The Garden Parasol (circa 1910, North Carolina Museum of Art) or Through the Vines (circa 1908; Akron Art Museum), and the identical birdcage, as well as model, appears in The Bird Cage (circa 1910, New Britain Museum of American Art).