Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)

Longing (The Wish)

Details

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980)
Longing (The Wish)
inscribed 'HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH 1929 ©' (on the base)—stamped 'GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS QHBV' and inscribed 'OM 787' (along the base)
bronze with greenish-brown patina
15 ½ in. (39.4 cm.) on a ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) black marble base
Modeled in 1929; cast circa 1930-47.

Provenance

Graham Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, p. 41, the plaster illustrated.
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, pp. 49, 84, 97, 116-19, 202, 204-05, 261, no. 1929:8, illustrated.

Lot Essay

Cast in an edition of nineteen, Harriet Frishmuth fondly described Longing (The Wish) as a “lovely ripened bronze.” (as quoted in Captured Motion, The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth: A Catalogue of Works, p. 84) Through her wistful upward gaze and inviting gesture, the model is captured in a singular moment of yearning.

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