Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)

'Sweet Grapes'

Details

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
'Sweet Grapes'
inscribed '©HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH/1928' (on the base)--stamped 'QGAF' (under the base)
bronze with greenish brown patina
19½ in. (49.6 cm.) high on a black marble base ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection.
Christie's, New York, 9 April 1998, lot 163.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 132-35, another example illustrated.
J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 39, 40.
J. Conner, L.R. Lehmbeck, T. Tolles, Captured Motion: The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, pp. 48, 86, 102, 254, 278, 280, no. 1927:4, another example illustrated.

Lot Essay

'Sweet Grapes' was modeled from 1927 to 1928 and cast between 1928 and 1971 in an edition of 26. One metal pattern and seventeen additional bronzes were cast by Gorham Co. Founders and eight cast by Roman Bronze Works, Inc. There is also a 55½ inches high version modeled in 1928 and cast between 1928 and 1931.

The present sculpture does not have a foundry mark, however the Q-serial stamped under the base matches that of others cast by Gorham Co. Founders.

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