HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (AMERICAN, 1880-1980)
Lot 202PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CONNECTICUT COLLECTION

HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (AMERICAN, 1880-1980)

The Vine

Closed5 April 2022

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USD 10,080

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HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (AMERICAN, 1880-1980)
The Vine
inscribed '©/1921/HARRIET FRISHMUTH' and 'GORHAM CO FOUNDERS/QBWS' (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
11 3⁄4 in. (30 in.) high, without base
Modeled in 1921; cast by 1966.

Specialist note

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