Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980) "Desha", 1927 patinated bronze cast signature, dated, copyright marked and with "Roman Bronze Works Inc., N.Y." foundry inscription along edge of self-base, on a black marble plinth. overall h. 14-1/8", w. 7", d. 7-1/2" Provenance: Obrien's Art Emporium, Scottsdale, Arizona; Estate of Jean and Jack Kelley, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Notes: Frishmuth was born into an affluent Philadelphia family, which afforded her the opportunity to travel and study in Europe. An academically trained sculptor, she had - somewhat unusually - as thorough and complete an education as any male sculptor of the time; she attended classes in Paris with Auguste Rodin studied with Jean Antoine Injalbert at the Academie Colarossi, and worked with Cuno von Uechtritz-Steinkirch at the Berlin Academy of Arts. Her first exhibition was a plaster bust at the Paris Salon of 1903. Upon her return to the U.S., she attended the Art Students League and took anatomy/dissection classes at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. She began her sculptural career by producing small, decorative objects, which were well received and soon garnered her considerable attention. In 1912, she took part in an exhibition of women sculptors in New York; by the following year, she had her own studio. While the commissions she received were initially diverse in subject, Frishmuth preferred to create bronzes of idealized female nudes. Her most successful works were those that depicted the female figure as active and powerful, with sinuous, flowing lines and smooth surfaces. The inspiration of the sculpture offered here was the Yugoslav-born dancer Desha Delteil (1899-1980). Delteil first posed for Frishmuth in 1916, when she was 19 years old. For Frishmuth, Delteil's elegant, well-proportioned figure, combined with her ability to maintain difficult poses for a lengthy period of time, made the dancer an ideal model. The gracefully athletic young woman was to pose for nearly all of Frishmuth's most successful and well-known works. Frishmuth was elected to the National Academy of Design, becoming a full Academician in 1929. Her papers are conserved at the Department of Special Collections, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. References: Dreiss, Joseph G., "The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth and New York Dance", The Courier, Volume xxix, 1994, pp. 29-40.; Proske, Beatrice Gilman, "Harriet Whitney Frishmuth: Lyric Sculptor", Aristos - The Journal of Esthetics, Volume 2, No. 5, June 1984, pp. 1-5.
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980) "Desha", 1927 patinated bronze cast signature, dated, copyright marked and with "Roman Bronze Works Inc., N.Y." foundry inscription along edge of self-base, on a black marble plinth. overall h. 14-1/8", w. 7", d. 7-1/2" Provenance: Obrien's Art Emporium, Scottsdale, Arizona; Estate of Jean and Jack Kelley, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Notes: Frishmuth was born into an affluent Philadelphia family, which afforded her the opportunity to travel and study in Europe. An academically trained sculptor, she had - somewhat unusually - as thorough and complete an education as any male sculptor of the time; she attended classes in Paris with Auguste Rodin studied with Jean Antoine Injalbert at the Academie Colarossi, and worked with Cuno von Uechtritz-Steinkirch at the Berlin Academy of Arts. Her first exhibition was a plaster bust at the Paris Salon of 1903. Upon her return to the U.S., she attended the Art Students League and took anatomy/dissection classes at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. She began her sculptural career by producing small, decorative objects, which were well received and soon garnered her considerable attention. In 1912, she took part in an exhibition of women sculptors in New York; by the following year, she had her own studio. While the commissions she received were initially diverse in subject, Frishmuth preferred to create bronzes of idealized female nudes. Her most successful works were those that depicted the female figure as active and powerful, with sinuous, flowing lines and smooth surfaces. The inspiration of the sculpture offered here was the Yugoslav-born dancer Desha Delteil (1899-1980). Delteil first posed for Frishmuth in 1916, when she was 19 years old. For Frishmuth, Delteil's elegant, well-proportioned figure, combined with her ability to maintain difficult poses for a lengthy period of time, made the dancer an ideal model. The gracefully athletic young woman was to pose for nearly all of Frishmuth's most successful and well-known works. Frishmuth was elected to the National Academy of Design, becoming a full Academician in 1929. Her papers are conserved at the Department of Special Collections, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. References: Dreiss, Joseph G., "The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth and New York Dance", The Courier, Volume xxix, 1994, pp. 29-40.; Proske, Beatrice Gilman, "Harriet Whitney Frishmuth: Lyric Sculptor", Aristos - The Journal of Esthetics, Volume 2, No. 5, June 1984, pp. 1-5.
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