HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (1880-1979)

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HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (1880-1979)

'The Vine', A Bronze Figure of a Nymph

inscribed HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH 1921 and R.B.W. 12in. (30.5cm.) high, on Belgian marble base, greenish brown patina
Literature
The Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Famous Small Bronzes, New York, NY 1928, pp. 100-101
Brookgreen Gardens, The Sculpture of Harriet Frishmuth, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1937, illus.
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968 ed., p. 226

Lot Essay

One of Frishmuth's most commercially successful models, The Vine was awarded the Shaw Memorial Prize at the National Academy of Design in 1923.