Auction 60 · Lot 381
The Schnorrer.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $5,250
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
FREER, FREDERICK WARREN.
Place
1872
Description
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated by the artist lower right.
summary
Born in Kennicott Grove, Illinois, Frederik Warren Freer (1849-1908) studied art in Munich’s Royal Academy. Following the Chicago Fire of 1872, Freer returned to the States at which time he produced the present painting. He is known for his refined portraiture - “a poet in color.” (See Frederick W. Morton, Frederick W. Freer, Painter, in: Brush and Pencil. Vol. VIII no. 6 (Sept., 1901), pp. 289-300).
Provenance: The Schnorrer Club of Morrisania, The Bronx, New York.
Established in 1881, the Schnorrer Club was a recreational social club. Membership included many notable figures active in Democratic party politics. It closed in 1966.
39.5 x 29.5 inches.
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