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Exhibition History"Frederick Carl Frieseke: The Evolution of an American Impressionist," Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, Mar. 20 - June 3, 2001, (circulated to: The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, June 23 - Aug. 19, 2001; San Diego Museum of Art, CA, Sept. 8 - Nov. 11, 2001; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Dec. 8, 2001 - Feb. 3, 2002)

"From Body to Being: Reflections on the Human Image," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 1 - May 4, 1997

"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized and circulated by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983, (circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, Apr. 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)

"The Impressionist Vision in American Art," Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, Mar. 1 - Apr. 26, 1980

"The Painting of Light,"Des Moines Art Center, Mar. 3 - 27, 1960

"Exhibition of 19 Paintings from the J. S. Carpenter Collection," Art Gallery, Des Moines Public Library, Summer 1945

"A Memorial Exhibition of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Sanson Carpenter," Des Moines Association of Fine Arts Gallery, Oct. 8 - 30, 1939

"Thirty-seventh Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture," Art Institute of Chicago, 1924

"The J. S. Carpenter Collection of Paintings," Iowa's Golden Prairie Biennial, Oakwood, June 16-23, 1920

"Anglo-American Exposition," London, 1914 (Ref. THE INTL. STUDIO, Oct. 1914, p.264)
Published References"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, exh. cat. no.14

AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. pp.28 & 115, color detail p.115, color ill. p.114

Christian Briton, IMPRESSIONS OF THE ART AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION, John Lane Company, N.Y., 1916, ill. p.95 (titled "Summer")

THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL, Feb. 28, 1980, ill.

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.71, color ill. pl.IX, p.105

"The J. S. Carpenter Collection of Paintings," Oakwood, 1920, brochure ref.

"A Memorial Exhibition of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Sanson Carpenter," Des Moines Association of Fine Arts Gallery, 1939, brochure ref.

"Frederick Carl Frieseke: The Evolution of an American Impressionist," Telfair Museum of Art and Princeton University Press, 2001

"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. no.36

"Thirty-seventh Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture," Art Institute of Chicago, 1924, exh. cat. no.69, ill.

"The Impressionist Vision in American Art," Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, 1980, exh. cat. no.15

Clara T. MacChesney, "American Artists In Paris," THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIO, Vol.LIV, No.213, Nov. 1914, ref. p.XXV, b/w ill. p.XXIV (entitled "Summer")

E. A. Taylor, "The Painting of F. C. Frieseke," THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIO, Vol.LIII, No.212, Oct. 1914, ref. p.264, ill. p.259 (entitled "L'Heure Du Thé")
DimensionsFrame: 45 × 62 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (114.3 × 159.7 × 3.8 cm)
Image (visible): 37 3/16 × 55 in. (94.5 × 139.7 cm)
Accession Number 1941.11
Classificationspainting
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedF. C. Frieseke (l,r oil paint)
ProvenanceArtist, France. J.S. and Florence L. Carpenter, Des Moines [acquired by 1915]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of Florence Carpenter, 1941]
The Hour of Tea
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
John Frederick Peto
ca. 1900-1902
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Frederick G. Quimby
date unknown
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Carl Larsson
1911
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Carl Morris
1956
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Carl Andre
1983
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Carl E. Paak
ca. 1953
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Carl Milles
1949
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Frederick Hammersley
1973
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Frederick Hammersley
1973
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Frederick Hammersley
1988