Live Auction 1276Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)

'The Vine'

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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
'The Vine'
inscribed and dated 'Harriet Frishmuth /1921/©' and stamped 'Gorham Co Founders/OBWS' (along the base)


bronze with brown patina
11¾ in. (29.9 cm.) high, on a black marble base, ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) high

Specialist note

One of Frishmuth's most commercially successful models, The Vine was awarded the Shaw Memorial Prize at the National Academy of Design in 1923. Desha, the artist's most frequently used model, and Renee Wilde, another dancer and model of Frishmuth's, posed for the work.