American Art Online
American Art Online
Lot Closed
March 5, 08:27 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH
1880 - 1980
THE STAR
stamped © and inscribed HARRIET W FRISHMUTH 1918 (on the base); also stamped GORHAM CO FOUNDERS / Q505 and inscribed #319 (along the base)
bronze with verdigris patina
height: 19 ½ inches (49.5 cm) on a ¾ inch (1.9 cm) marble base
Private collection, Ohio
Estate of the above
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Janis Conner, Frank Hohmann, Leah Rosenblatt Lehmbeck, and Thayer Tolles, Captured Motion: The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, no. 1918:3, pp. 20, 30-1, 66-7, 80, 99, 106, 143-45, 148, 220, 237, another example illustrated
The Star was cast by Gorham Co. Founders in an edition of 345 between 1920 and 1955.