Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1890-1980)

'Dream Days'

Details

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1890-1980)
'Dream Days'
inscribed and dated 'Harriet W Frishmuth 1939' (along the base)--inscribed 'Roman Bronze Works Inc. N.Y.' (along the base)
bronze with greenish brown patina
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high, on a black marble base, ½ in. (1.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Charles N. Aronson, New York.
By descent in the family to the present owner.

Literature

C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, p. 55, illustration of another example, as Daydreams

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

Dream Days executed in 1939, is the last sculpture made by the artist after she moved back to Philadelphia. Frishmuth was quite fond of the present model, stating: '...I had a feeling I would like to try a new way of looking at a form. I wanted the lines to flow smoothly from one end of the figure to the other...Daydreams [sic] is a sculptor's sculpture; takes a sculptor to really appreciate it. And personally, I think it is one of the nicest ones that I have done.' (C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, pp. 55-56)

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