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Harriet W Frishmuth, Crest of the Wave bronze

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Harriet W Frishmuth, Crest of the Wave bronze
<B>An American Bronze: Crest of the Wave</B></I><BR>Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980)<BR>Cast by Gorham Co. Founders, Providence, Rhode Island<BR>Circa 1929<BR>Bronze with brown and vestiges of green patina, on a black marble plinth<BR>Marks: lower back <I>Harriet W. Frishmuth / ©1925 / Gorham Co Founders / QFHL</B></I><BR>21 in. high<BR>Entitled <I>Crest of the Wave,</B></I> depicting a young woman balanced with one foot on the crest of a wave amid fish, one knee slightly bent and her right arm stretching toward the sky as she glances down and to the left; from an edition of two hundred<BR>Literature: Charles N. Aronson, <I>Sculptured Hyacinths,</B></I> Vantage Press, Inc., 1973, p. 158-161<BR><BR><I>Crest of the Wave</B></I> was posed by Desha and originally created as a large scale fountain commissioned for a private garden. <B>Condition Report:</B> Normal signs of wear as appropriate with age, and separation to the middle finger on the right hand just below the knuckle, approximately 1/8 inch wide.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)