Lot 98
  • 98

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth 1880-1980

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
  • Star
  • inscribed HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH 1918, numbered 136, and with the GORHAM CO FOUNDERS 0505 foundry mark on the base
  • bronze, greenish patina, on a black marble base
  • Height: 19 1/4 in.
  • 48.9 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, Dallas
(Sale:  Heritage Auctions, Dallas, June 10, 2009, lot 77147)
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Literature

Janis Conner, Leah Rosenblat Lehmbeck and Thayer Tolles, Captured Motion: The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, no. 1925:5, pp. 20, 30, 66, 99, 106, 143, 237 (illustration of another example)

Condition

In good condition. Some wear to the patina at more protrusive areas.
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