Harriet Frishmuth
The Vine
Vine, 1921
Bronze
Height 12 1/2 inches
Signed, Gorham foundry mark
Illustrated: The Gorham Company, Famous Small Bronzes, 1928, page 101
This bronze statuette is the first version of "The Vine" created by Harriet Frishmuth in 1921. The sculpture was enormously popular and was cast in an edition of 396. In 1923, Frishmuth enlarged the sculpture to monumental scale.
The larger example from 1923 can be found in the sculpture court in American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Vine, 1921
Bronze
Height 12 1/2 inches
Signed, Gorham foundry mark
Illustrated: The Gorham Company, Famous Small Bronzes, 1928, page 101
This bronze statuette is the first version of "The Vine" created by Harriet Frishmuth in 1921. The sculpture was enormously popular and was cast in an edition of 396. In 1923, Frishmuth enlarged the sculpture to monumental scale.
The larger example from 1923 can be found in the sculpture court in American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.