Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1979)

The Vine

Details

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1979)
The Vine
inscribed '© 1921 HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH' and stamped 'GORHAM CO FOUNDERS QBWS' (on the base)
bronze with greenish brown patina
12½ in. (31.7 cm.) high, including black Belgium marble base (2)

Literature

The Gorham Company, Famous Small Bronzes, New York, 1928, pl. 101, illustration of another example.
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1968 ed., p. 226.
C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 44, 45, 208, illustration of another example.

Lot Essay

In 1921, Frishmuth conceived The Vine as a small statuette using René Wilde as her model. Two years later, she decided to enlarge the figure and include it in a major exhibition of sculpture organized by the National Sculpture Society.

A leather bound copy of Famous Small Bronzes, accompanies the lot.

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