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Lot 150 Property from the Estate of Miriam K. Rothenberg
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980) and Karl Illava (1896-1954)
Diana (The Hunt)
Closed28 October 2020
Price Realised
USD 75,000
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The present work is one of an edition of 14.
Diana (The Hunt) is Harriet Whitney Frishmuth's only collaboration with another artist, the sculptor Karl Illava. Best known for producing the 107th Infantry Memorial on 67th Street in New York City's Central Park, Illava was responsible for modeling the wolves while Frishmuth sculpted Diana herself. According to Frishmuth's longtime secretary and companion Ruth Talcott, "The story behind The Hunt is that a struggling young sculptor named Karl Ulava [sic] asked Whitney if she would model a Diana leaping along with his running wolfhounds. He thought this would help him get established. Whit agreed, had Desha pose, modeled the Diana, paid for the bronze castings and deducted the costs and divided the balance with Karl Ulava [sic]. " (as quoted in C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, p. 115)
Diana (The Hunt) is Harriet Whitney Frishmuth's only collaboration with another artist, the sculptor Karl Illava. Best known for producing the 107th Infantry Memorial on 67th Street in New York City's Central Park, Illava was responsible for modeling the wolves while Frishmuth sculpted Diana herself. According to Frishmuth's longtime secretary and companion Ruth Talcott, "The story behind The Hunt is that a struggling young sculptor named Karl Ulava [sic] asked Whitney if she would model a Diana leaping along with his running wolfhounds. He thought this would help him get established. Whit agreed, had Desha pose, modeled the Diana, paid for the bronze castings and deducted the costs and divided the balance with Karl Ulava [sic]. " (as quoted in C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, p. 115)