Captured Motion: The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth

One of the most successful American sculptors of the early twentieth century, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980) is best known for her exuberant images of female nudes.  Her work achieved tremendous popularity between the 1910s and the 1930s, coinciding with the height of interest in collecting bronze sculptures for the home and garden.  Frishmuth's Joy of the Waters and The Vine—were during her lifetime among the most oft-replicated of American bronze sculptures, with editions numbering in the hundreds.

Frishmuth was born in Philadelphia and spent most of her youth in Europe.  At the age of nineteen she moved to Paris where she studied briefly with Auguste Rodin.  Returning to the United States, she trained at the Art Students League with sculptors Hermon Atkins MacNeil and Gutzon Borglum, gaining expertise in modeling human anatomy.  The prime years of Frishmuth's career were spent in New York, where her favored models were professional dancers whose athletic grace is echoed in her sculptures.

This book is the first comprehensive examination of Frishmuth's life and work and is an authoritative study of a remarkable and prolific artist.  The volume includes a detailed biography and overview of the artist's long career; it also contains essays on her association with her foundries, as well as a guide to assessing authenticity and quality in casts of her original models.  Most important, this book provides a meticulously documented and fully illustrated catalogue of the artist's entire corpus of work, with detailed entries for each of Frishmuth's 155 sculptures.

Originally $125, we offer it for $90

Hardcover: 296 pages
Dimensions: 9.5 x 11.25 inches