Lot Essay
Crest of the Wave, was edited both in the present size and as a large fountain figure. Frishmuth's favorite model, Desha, posed for it.
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Crest of the Wave
Details
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1979)
Frishmuth, H.W.
Crest of the Wave
inscribed 'HARRIET W FRISHMUTH 1925' and stamped 'GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS QFHL'
bronze, greenish brown patina
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high, including black Belgium marble base
Frishmuth, H.W.
Crest of the Wave
inscribed 'HARRIET W FRISHMUTH 1925' and stamped 'GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS QFHL'
bronze, greenish brown patina
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high, including black Belgium marble base
Literature
The Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Famous Small Bronzes, New York, 1928, pp. 12-13
Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Harriet Frishmuth, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1927, illus. of another example
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South carolina, 1968 ed., p. 224
C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 158-161, 212, illus. of another example
Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Harriet Frishmuth, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1927, illus. of another example
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South carolina, 1968 ed., p. 224
C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 158-161, 212, illus. of another example