Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980) Play Days

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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980)

Play Days, 1925
Signed, dated, and foundry stamped "HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH © 1925 GORHAM CO FOUNDERS
QFED" within the cast on the rear of the base.
Bronze with brown patina, 22 3/8 x 7 x 8 1/8 in. (56.8 x 17.8 x 20.6 cm),mounted to a later bronze plinth.
Condition: Minor oxidation.

Literature: Janis Conner, Leah Rosenblatt Lehmbeck, Thayer Tolles, and Frank L. Hohmann III, Captured Motion, The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, A Catalogue of Works (New York: Hohmann Holding LLC, 2006),pp. 174-75, 249.

N.B. The present work was cast in an overall edition of 99, 92 of which were cast by the Gorham Foundry.
Estimate $12,000-18,000

The bronze plinth below the signed base is later, and appears welded to the base.

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