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'Humoresque'
Details
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
'Humoresque'
inscribed '19 © 24/HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH' (on the base)--stamped 'GORHAM FOUNDERS' (along the base)
bronze with brownish-green patina
43 in. (109.2 cm.) high
Modeled in 1924.
'Humoresque'
inscribed '19 © 24/HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH' (on the base)--stamped 'GORHAM FOUNDERS' (along the base)
bronze with brownish-green patina
43 in. (109.2 cm.) high
Modeled in 1924.
Provenance
Mrs. Reuben Wilmarth Hills, Jr., California.
Mr. Reuben Wilmarth Hills, III, California, by descent, 1947.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Mr. Reuben Wilmarth Hills, III, California, by descent, 1947.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
J. Conner, L.R. Lehmbeck, et al., Captured Motion: The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, pp. 172-73, 247, no. 1924.2, another example illustrated.
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