'Desha'

Details

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
'Desha'
inscribed 'HarrietWFrishmuth 1927 ©' and stamped 'Gorham Co Founders/QFSK (along the base)
bronze with greenish-brown patina
14 in. (35.6 cm.) high, on a black marble base, ½ in. (1.3 cm.) high

Literature

C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 47-49, 174, 179, 213, illustration of another example
The Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Famous Small Bronzes, New York, 1928, pp. 106-107

Sale room notice

Please note that this work will be included in Leah Rosenblatt's forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of the works of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth.

Lot Essay

Desha Delteil (nee Podgorska, 1900-1980) was the artist's most frequently used model. Arriving in America from Yugoslavia in 1914, Delteil danced with Michel Fokine's dance company. Delteil and Frishmuth were introduced in 1916 through Frances Grimes, a fellow sculptor who had used the dancer as a model. The lively pose exhibited here is typical of Desha's exuberance and talent as a dancer.

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