'The Star'

Details

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
'The Star'
inscribed 'Harriet W. Frishmuth 1918 ©' (along the base), stamped 'Gorham Co Q505' and numbered '234' (along the edge of the base)
bronze with brown patina
18¾ in. (47.6) high; on a black marble base ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) high

Literature

C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 101-5, 206, another example illustrated.
J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Houston, Texas, 1989, pp. 35, 38, 39, 142, other examples illustrated.
The Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Famous Small Bronzes, New York, 1928, pp. 34-35.

Lot Essay

The Star was conceived as a small bronze statuette in 1918. Because of its commercial success, the artist enlarged the model and had it cast as a life-size bronze in 1923. A life-size bronze of The Star is in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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