'The Vine'

Details

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

Literature

C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, p. 127, illustration of another example
Brookgreen Gardens, The Sculpture of Harriet Frishmuth, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1937, illustration of another example
J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works from 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, p. 5, illustration of the 7 ft. bronze; p. 38, illustration of another example
The Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Famous Small Bronzes, New York, 1928, pp. 100-101
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968 edition, p. 226

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

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.

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