Lot 52
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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
  • Reflections
  • inscribed Harriet W. Frishmuth - © 1930 and Roman Bronze Works Inc. N.Y.
  • bronze
  • height: 57 1/2 inches (146.1 cm)
  • Modeled in 1930; cast 1931-70.

Provenance

Private collection, Greenwich, Connecticut

Literature

Charles N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 186, 187, illustration of another example
Janis Conner and Joel Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, p. 41
Janis Conner, Frank Hohmann, Leah Rosenblatt Lehmbeck, Thayer Tolles et al, Captures Motion: The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, no. 1930:4, pp 207-09, 262, illustration of another example

Catalogue Note

There are 12 known castings in the edition of this sculpture. Three were cast by Gorham Manufacturing Company and nine, including the present work, were cast by Roman Bronze Works.