'The Vine', A Bronze Figure

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

Literature

B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1968 ed., p. 226, 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.

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