A HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (AMERICAN, 1880-1980) PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE: STAR . Gorham Manufacturing Co., Prov...

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A HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (AMERICAN, 1880-1980) PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE: STAR
Gorham Manufacturing Co., Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1918
Marks: HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH, 1918, GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS, Q505, # 211
19-1/4 inches high (48.9 cm) (without base)

The patinated bronze female nude figure with up-stretched arm, mounted on a black marble base.

Designed in 1918 and produced between 1920 and 1955, 345 examples of Star were produced by Gorham, including 344 in bronze and one in an another metal.

Literature:
Conner, Janis et al., Captured Motion: The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, New York, 2006, page 237 (catalog no. 1918:3)



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