Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)

The Vine

Fermé22 May 2018

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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
The Vine
inscribed '©/1921/HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH' and stamped 'GORHAM CO FOUNDERS/QBWS' (along the base)
bronze with reddish-brown patina
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high on a ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) marble base
Modeled in 1921; cast by 1966.

Private collection, Rye, New York, circa 1950s.
By descent to the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

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.