Lot 38
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
(American, 1880-1980)
The Star
, 1918
Sale 869 - American & European Art
May 3, 2021 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

Sold for $13,750

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
(American, 1880-1980)
The Star
, 1918
bronze with brown patina
Inscribed © HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH 1918 (on the base); stamped GORHAM CO. Q505 and inscribed #225 (along the base)
Height: 19 ¼ inches.
Property from the Collection of Noel and Kathryn Dickinson Wadsworth, Atlanta, Georgia

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, pp. 20, 30-1, 66-7, 80, 99, 106, 143-45, 148, 220, 237 (another cast illustrated)
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