68109: Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980)

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980) The Vine, 1921 Bronze with brown patina 11-1/2 inches (29.2 cm) high on a 3/4 inches (1.9 cm) high marble base Inscribed along base: 19©21 / Harriet W. Frishmuth Stamped with foundry mark along base: Gorham CO Founders / QBWS PROVENANCE: Newman Galleries, St. Peters, Pennsylvania; Private collection, Wakefield, Rhode Island. LITERATURE: Brookgreen Gardens, The Sculpture of Harriet Frishmuth, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, n.p., 1937, another example illustrated; C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, p. 127, another example illustrated; J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works from 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, p. 38, another example illustrated; C.S. Rubinstein, American Woman Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990, p. 155, another example illustrated; J. Conner, L.R. Lehmbeck, T. Tolles, F.L. Hohmann III, Capture Motion: The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, New York, 2006, pp. 59, 150-51, 240, another example illustrated. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Condition Report: There appear to be minor rubbing in areas of high relief and light surface dirt and possible verdigris in areas of low relief; a few small scratches to patina in outstretched arm and top of head.