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Lot Description

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth

(American, 1880–1980)

The Star

bronze with brown patina

inscribed HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH 1918 (on the base); stamped GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS 0 505 and inscribed #268 (along the base)

Height 19 1/4 inches.

Property from an Estate, Sold to Benefit the Wichita Art Museum

The Star was cast in an edition of 345 between 1920 and 1955.

Literature:
Janis Conner, Frank Hohmann, Leah Rosenblatt Lehmbeck, and Thayer Tolles, Captured Motion, The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth: A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, no. 1918:3, p. 20, 30-1, 66-7, 80, 99, 106, 143-45, 148, 220, 237 (another cast illustrated)

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