Lot 108
  • 108

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
  • Laughing Waters
  • inscribed HARRIET FRISHMUTH, dated 1929 with copyright and stamped with the GORHAMCO FOUNDERS mark and OGDA on the base
  • bronze, brown patina on a 1/2 in. black marble base
  • Height: 16 in.
  • 40.6 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, San Francisco
By descent from the above, the grandmother of the present owner

Literature

Jannis Conner, Leah Rosenblatt Lehmbeck and Thayer Tolles, Captured Motion:  The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, New York, 2006, pp. 112-115, 259 (other examples)

Condition

in good condition, generally; handling has worn Frishmuth's "green" patina in many places--certain areas (those that aren't usually touched while handling) still show remnants of her trademark "green"; otherwise, fine
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