New Orleans Auction Galleries: Major Estates Auction Day 2: Lot 1362
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980) "Joy of the Waters", a fine, rare and important bronze sculpture (fountain) with verdigris patina, 1920, signed "Harriet W. Frishmuth Sc", dated "(c) 1920", and inscribed "Roman Bronze Works, Inc.
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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980) "Joy of the Waters", a fine, rare and important bronze sculpture (fountain) with verdigris patina, 1920, signed "Harriet W. Frishmuth Sc", dated "(c) 1920", and inscribed "Roman Bronze Works, Inc. N.Y.", h. 43", base w. 9", d. 7". Provenance: The estates of David and Eula Wintermann (removed from the grounds of "Wingswept", the Wintermann home in Eagle Lake, Texas). A student of such renowned artists as Auguste Rodin and Gutzon Borglum, Frishmuth's reputation and career grew steadily throughout the first several decades of the twentieth century, with exhibitions at the National Academy of Design, the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Salon in Paris, the Golden Gate International Exposition, and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors. "Joy of the Waters" is one of Frishmuth's first and most popular garden fountains.
