Memories
1915
Artist, American, 1874 - 1939
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 131.5 x 130.3 cm (51 3/4 x 51 5/16 in.)
framed: 148 x 148 x 5.7 cm (58 1/4 x 58 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1969.5.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Consigned by the artist to (Macbeth Galleries, New York), c. 1917; sold 1917 to The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio; by exchange 1937 to (Macbeth Galleries, New York); estate of Frederick Frieseke, 1939-1965; the artist's daughter, Frances Frieseke Kilmer [Mrs. Kenton Kilmer], Vienna, Virginia; gift 1969 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
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Providence Arts Club, Rhode Island (from donor records, no date given).
1916
Sixth Exhibition, Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1916-1917, no. 368.
1917
112th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1917, no. 290.
1937
15th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1937, no. 319.
American Painting from 1860 until Today, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1937.
1939
Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Frederick Carl Frieseke, N.A., Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., New York, 1939, no. 12.
1940
Survey of American Painting, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1940, no. 227.
1966
Frederick Frieseke (1874-1939), Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1966, no. 21.
1971
French Impressionists Influence American Artists, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1971, no. 38, repro.
1974
Frederick Frieseke 1874-1939, Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences, Savannah, Georgia; North Carolina Mus. of Art, Raleigh; Mus. of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; Columbia Mus. of Art, South Carolina, 1974-1975, no. 24 (not shown at 2nd venue in New York).
1981
Extended loan for use by Vice President and Mrs. George H.W. Bush, Washington, D.C., 1981-1987.
1987
Extended loan for use by Ambassador John Shad, U.S. Embassy residence, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1987-1989.
1989
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Howard Wilkins, U.S. Embassy residence, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1989-1992.
1993
American Art from the Gilded Age: Paintings and Photographs. 100th Birthday Celebration, The Admiralty House, 1883-1993, Vice President's House, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1994
Extended loan to Vice President and Mrs. Al Gore, Vice President's House, Washington, D.C., 1994-2000.
2001
Extended loan for use by Ambassador William Stamps Farish III, U.S. Embassy residence, London, England, 2001-2004.
2006
Art & Fashion: from Marie Antoinette to Jacqueline Kennedy, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, 2006, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Peter R. Coneway, U.S. Embassy residence, Bern, Switzerland, 2006-2008.
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 60, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 162, repro.
1981
Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 194, 195, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 185, repro.
1996
Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 230-232, color repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: F.C. Frieseke. 1915
Wikidata ID
Q20191915