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Lot Essay
Dream Days is one of the last sculptures designed by Harriet Frishmuth, modeled in 1939 following her move from New York City to Philadelphia. The artist first conceived this pose for a sculpture in 1925, originally creating a unique life-size bronze of this figure standing with crossed arms and tilted head, but draped in a hooded garment. Dancer Rose Yasgore served as model for the present smaller, nude version, which was cast in an edition of 14 from 1939-68. This cast is one of seven produced at Roman Bronze Works; the other half bear a Gorham foundry mark.
Frishmuth was particularly fond of Dream Days, reflecting: '...I had a feeling I would like to try a new way of looking at a form. I wanted the lines to flow smoothly from one end of the figure to the other...Daydreams [sic] is a sculptor's sculpture; takes a sculptor to really appreciate it. And personally, I think it is one of the nicest ones that I have done.' (as quoted in C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 55-56)
Frishmuth was particularly fond of Dream Days, reflecting: '...I had a feeling I would like to try a new way of looking at a form. I wanted the lines to flow smoothly from one end of the figure to the other...Daydreams [sic] is a sculptor's sculpture; takes a sculptor to really appreciate it. And personally, I think it is one of the nicest ones that I have done.' (as quoted in C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 55-56)