Kenneth Frazier (1867-1949)

Man in a Top Hat (OSCAR WILDE) Verso: Four Head Studies
Charcoal drawing on brown paper
Estate Stamp lower right
14 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.

PROVENANCE:
FAR Gallery, New York,
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York.

EXHIBITED:
The Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greenburg, PA, “Kenneth Frazier, 1867-1949, American Impressionist”, October 6-28, 1979, Cat. No. 65.,
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA,
Jeanne Frank, New York, (cat. No. 879).

LITERATURE:
Paul A. Chew, “Kenneth Frazier, 1867-1949, American Impressionist”, October 6-28, 1979, Cat. No. 65

It is by repute that in 1881, Frazier met Wilde on his North American tour and from that meeting Frazier produced this sketch.