Lot 120
  • 120

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
  • Allegra
  • inscribed Harriet W. Frishmuth, dated 1929 with copyright and stamped with the Roman Bronze Works Inc. N.Y. foundry mark
  • bronze, green brown patina on a 1/2  in. marble base
  • Height: 11 1/4 in.
  • 28.6 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, Arizona

Literature

Janis Conner, et al., Captured Motion:  The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, pp. 195-197, 260 illustrated (another example)

Condition

in generally good condition; a thin crack around both her lower arms (along seam?); some wear to patina around her left elbow
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