Playdays. Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980), American. Modeled 1924; Edition of 32.. Bronze with weathered green p...

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Playdays

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980), American
Modeled 1924; Edition of 32.
Bronze with weathered green patina
Incised: HARRIET W FRISHMUTH SC - ©
Foundry Mark on base: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS INC N.Y.
4 Feet 6 inches high

A beautiful fountain featuring a young girl standing on her toes. With one hand raised in caution, she is caught tickling the back of a frog with her big toe. Playdays was commissioned by Mrs. J. L. Harriman of Asheville, N.C and modeled after dancer Madeleine Parker. A beautiful natural patination has occurred to the fountain due to being kept outdoors at Charles Aronson's home and Frishmuth Gallery at Hundred Acres, Arcade, N.Y.
Illus.: C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 80, 139-144, 210.
J. Conner, L.R. Lehmbeck, T. Tolles, Captured Motion, New York, 2006, p. 248 Other example Illustrated.

From the Collection of Charles N. and Josephine R. Aronson.




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