HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (1880-1979)

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HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (1880-1979)

'Sweet Grapes', A Bronze Figure

inscribed © HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH 1928 and stamped GORHAM CO FOUNDERS QGAF
19in. (48.2cm.) high, rich greenish reddish brown patina

Literature

B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968 ed., p. 224
C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 132-135, 209, illus. pp. 133, 135

Lot Essay

In an interview with Charles Aronson, Miss Frishmuth noted that the 19in. size of Sweet Grapes was conceived in 1922 and the lifesize version in 1924. An example of the latter was exhibited at the Grand Central Art Gallery in 1928 where it was awarded the Irving T. Bush Memorial Prize. The model was subsequently given the first award of the Council of American Artist Societies in 1966.