Lot Essay
Speed, designed as a hood ornament for automobiles, was cast in two sizes, of which the present model is the larger.
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Speed
Details
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
Speed
inscribed 'HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH 1921/©' and stamped 'GORHAM Co. FOUNDER/QBQB' (along the base)
silver-plated bronze
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Speed
inscribed 'HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH 1921/©' and stamped 'GORHAM Co. FOUNDER/QBQB' (along the base)
silver-plated bronze
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 2009.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 2009.
Literature
The Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Famous Small Bronzes, New York, 1928, pp. 22-23, another example referenced.
Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Harriet Frishmuth, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1937, n.p., another example illustrated.
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968, p. 224, another example referenced.
J. Conner, L.R. Lehmbeck, T. Tolles, F.L. Hohmann III, Captured Motion, The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth: A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, p. 241, no. 1921:5, another example illustrated.
Brookgreen Gardens, Sculpture by Harriet Frishmuth, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1937, n.p., another example illustrated.
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968, p. 224, another example referenced.
J. Conner, L.R. Lehmbeck, T. Tolles, F.L. Hohmann III, Captured Motion, The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth: A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, p. 241, no. 1921:5, another example illustrated.