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Joseph Friebert

The Hanging,

Description

Maker

  • Joseph Friebert

Title

The Hanging

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Oil and tempera on Masonite board

Techniques

  • Oil and tempera on Masonite board

Dimensions

34.3 x 26.7 cm (13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed on front, l. r. corner with monogram, in red: overlaid initials JF
Labels and notes on back of painting:
There are numerous inscriptions on the back of the board, including several notations of the artist’s name and the date and title of the painting:
l.l. signature in black over multicolored oil pigment: Friebert/194
c. l. #74/9 (4 written over 9 as correction)
u.l. and center, in blue marker: The Hanging/1945
u. r. in pencil Jos/Joseph Friebert/’45
c. r. in pencil and with black marker: 13 ½ x 10 1/2/ #74
l. r. in black marker 11-017
l.r. corner, white paper gallery sticker:

Corbett vs. Dempsey
Modern Art & Uncommon Objects
1120 N. Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

Joseph Friebert
The Hanging, 1945
Oil and tempera on board
13.5” x 10.5”

On back of frame, u. r: scrap of masking tape on which is written the number 10 in pencil; yellow paper
tag hanging from screw eye at u. r: T98.2.36/#16

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Joseph and Betsy Ritz Friebert Family Partnership

Object Number

2013.110.1

About

The Hanging

Signed on front, l. r. corner with monogram, in red: overlaid initials JF
Labels and notes on back of painting:
There are numerous inscriptions on the back of the board, including several notations of the artist’s name and the date and title of the painting:
l.l. signature in black over multicolored oil pigment: Friebert/194
c. l. #74/9 (4 written over 9 as correction)
u.l. and center, in blue marker: The Hanging/1945
u. r. in pencil Jos/Joseph Friebert/’45
c. r. in pencil and with black marker: 13 ½ x 10 1/2/ #74
l. r. in black marker 11-017
l.r. corner, white paper gallery sticker:

Corbett vs. Dempsey
Modern Art & Uncommon Objects
1120 N. Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

Joseph Friebert
The Hanging, 1945
Oil and tempera on board
13.5” x 10.5”

On back of frame, u. r: scrap of masking tape on which is written the number 10 in pencil; yellow paper
tag hanging from screw eye at u. r: T98.2.36/#16

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is The Hanging with the accession number of 2013.110.1. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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