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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth 1880 - 1980
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description
- Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
- Roses of Yesterday
- inscribed © Harriet W. Frishmuth 1923 with the Amer. Art F'dry N.Y. foundry mark; also bears a plaque reading Roses of Yesterday/Given in 1937 by/Mrs. Walter V. Cranford
- bronze
- height: 65 inches
- (165.1 cm)
Provenance
Mrs. Walter V. Cranford
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York, 1937 (gift from the above)
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, North Carolina, 2004 (acquired from the above)
Gift to the present owner from the above
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York, 1937 (gift from the above)
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, North Carolina, 2004 (acquired from the above)
Gift to the present owner from the above
Exhibited
New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, American Beauty: The Rose in American Art, 1800-1920, no. 46, p. 103, illustrated
Catalogue Note
Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Cranford were important patrons of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, endowing the rose garden now named for them in 1928. The Rose Arc Pool was also a gift of Mrs. Cranford in 1936.