Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)

'The Vine'

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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
'The Vine'
inscribed '©/1921/HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH' (along the base)--stamped 'GORHAM CO FOUNDERS/QBWS' (along the base)
bronze with verdigris patina
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high with a black marble base, ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) high

Literature

The Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Famous Small Bronzes, New York, 1928, pp. 100-01, another example illustrated.
Brookgreen Gardens, The Sculpture of Harriet Frishmuth, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1937, another example illustrated.
C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, p. 127, another example illustrated.
J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works from 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, p. 5, illustration of the seven foot bronze; p. 38, another example illustrated.

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 for Frishmuth, posed for the work.

This design will be included in Leah Rosenblatt's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the works of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth.

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