LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze with brown patina

Measurements:

18.74 in. (47.60 cm.) (height)

Markings:

inscribed 'HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH 1918' and 'TO FLORENZ ZIEGFELD FROM DAVID BELASCO - XMAS 1918' (on the base)--stamped 'GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS/Q505' and '10' (along the base)

Literature:

The Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Famous Small Bronzes, New York, 1928, pp. 34-35. C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 101-05, 206, another example illustrated. J. Conner, J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Houston, Texas, 1989, pp. 35, 38-39, 142, other examples illustrated. J. Conner, L.R. Lehmbeck, T. Tolles, F.L. Hohmann III, Captured Motion, The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth: A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, p. 237, no. 1918:3, another example illustrated.