Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
Property of a Florida and New York Private Collector
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)

'Sweet Grapes'

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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
'Sweet Grapes'
inscribed 'HARRIET.W.FRISHMUTH © 1928.' (on the base)--stamped 'GORHAM CO FOUNDERS' (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
56 in. (142.2 cm.) high
Modeled in 1928.
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1970s.
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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Lot Essay

'Sweet Grapes' was cast between 1928 and 1931. The present work is one from an edition of six.

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