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HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (AMERICAN, 1880-1980)
Sweet grapes
inscribed '©HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH/1928' (on back of base) and inscribed 'GORHAM CO FOUNDERS QGAF' (along the back of base)
bronze with greenish-brown patina
1878 in. (48 cm.) high
Modeled in 1927-1928; cast circa 1928-1971.
Literature
The Courier, vol. IX, no. 1, Syracuse, New York, 1971, p. 21, another example referenced.
C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 132-35, 209, another example illustrated.
J. Conner, F. Hohmann, et al., Captured Motion: The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, pp. 190-91, 257, no. 1928:3, another example illustrated on the back cover.
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