HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (1880-1980)
Lot 289 PROPERTY FROM THE PHILLIPS FAMILY COLLECTION

HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (1880-1980)

The Vine

Closed18 January 2024

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USD 18,900

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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 light green and brown patina
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high on a 1 in. (2.54 cm.) base
Modeled in 1921; cast by 1966.

Grand Central Art Galleries, New York.
Lee E. Phillips, Jr., Wichita, Kansas, acquired from the above, 1948.
By descent to the late owner.

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.