ART DECO HARRIET FRISHMUTH BRONZE GUARANTEED ORIGINAL GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC HARRIET FRISHMUTH - ART DECO Start Price USD 15,800.00 Current Price USD 15,800.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, July 19, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Location New York, New York See more about 'ART DECO HARRIET FRISHMUTH BRONZE GUARANTEED ORIGINAL' Description Increase Sales by 18% and double your hits - Vendio Gallery LOT#9107/2 (NO RESERVE - MINT CONDITION)   READ THIS CAREFULLY:  This is an AUTHENTIC original Harriet Frishmuth sculpture titled "THE VINE". It is made frrom bronze and was produced by the Gorham Foundry in the 1920's. The piece is set on the original mint condition black onyx base and measures 13.25 inches tall with the base. In this sale/auction we are offerring the item at a LOW STARTING PRICE. If you wish not to wait until the end date of the auction/sale you can click the BUY IT NOW button or contact us immediately. All sales are run through ebay and follow of ebay's guidelines and rules. ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC. It was originally purchased from James Graham & Sons about 2 years ago.  The piece is signed and has the foundry marks and insignias. [ We guarantee the authenticity of this piece or I will melt it down and drink the molten bronze in front of an angry eBay crowd. ] We guarantee safe arrival of this item to your door. We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on items we sell. Royal Estates Gallery showroom is located at 24 W 55th Street, NY NY 10019. Tel: 1-212-581-4848. Feel free to ask questions via email to davidantebi@nyc.rr.com. Or call toll free: 1-888-249-1988. Pay by PayPal for shipping within 48hrs of receipt of payment. We ship via UPS inside the USA, & U.S. Mail to international addresses. Shipping prices vary outside the USA. ONE FLAT shipping FEE INSIDE THE USA. N.Y. residents must pay applicable sales tax. PAYPAL, MC, VISA, AMEX, CHECKS, MONEY ORDERS, DISCOVER, & BID PAY! Who is Harriet W. Frishmuth? Frishmuth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 1880. She studied briefly with Rodin at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, for two years with Euchtriz in Berlin, and at the Art Students League of New York under Gutzon Borglum and Hermon Atkins MacNeil. While in New York she worked as an assistant to the sculptor Karl Bitter and performed dissections at the College of Physicians and Surgeons.[1]. Her first commissioned piece was in 1910 from the New York County Medical Society who commissioned her to do a bas-relief. She also modeled ashtrays, bookends, and small figures for Gorham; these early pieces are highly sought after by collectors. Her career grew steadily and she became well-known for her beautiful renderings of females in bronze, particularly dancers (Desha Delteil frequently modeled for her). Her small bronzes were sought after by private collectors and by museums, and her large bronzes often found a central place in elaborate garden settings.[2] Frismuth's statue "Crest of the Wave", on display at the Marjore McNeely Conservatory in St. Paul, Minnesota.Her work was exhibited at the National Academy of Design, the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Salon in Paris, the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940) and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors. One of her last exhibits was in New York City in 1929; although she remained active in the art world for decades afterwards, the Great Depression affected her livelihood and she closed her New York studio in the 1930s and returned to Philadelphia. She died in Connecticut in 1980, at the age of 99. Harriet Frishmuth scorned modern art and was quite outspoken on the subject, calling it "spiritless" (she was equally outspoken in her dislike of the word "sculptress"). She received a number of recognitions and honors over the course of her career: the St. Gaudens prize (while still a student), several awards from the National Academy of Design, a prize from the Grand Central Art Galleries, an honorable mention from the Golden Gate International Exposition and the Joan of Arc Silver Medal from the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors. "The Vine" (1923), a larger-than-life-size bronze considered one of her finest pieces, is in the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  How do I know if this is authentic? You would have to compare this specimen with another known original piece. Judging the patina is never a good way to establish authenticity because the piece is 90+ years old and could have been restored by another owner at anypoint on its journey to modern day. So a bad patina doesnt mean the piece is fake, it might only mean the piece was restored by an amateur. Also, making a good patina that can fool anyones eye into thinking a piece is old is laborious but very possible in the hands of a good artisan.  You have to examine the detail in the fingers, hair, face, toes, naval, and in the base near the feet. If a copy is made from an original, the copy loses about 5% of  the originals detail, including the sharpness in the signature and foundry marks if any. An expensive reporduction factory will still not be able to reproduce the artist's masterful skills in details in the hands and face if they are lost in the mold making process. In the end, Ive seen 2 experienced dealers in NY make basic mistakes in authenticating other bronzes. One example was, three years after a dealer sold a Frishmuth to a client, the dealer saw his piece in someone elses collection and called it fake. He later changed his mind when he found it it was his. If the piece is worth buying, there are a few reliable and honest dealers in the NY area that can assess a piece. One of them is the owner of the Gorham Foundry where this piece was made in the 20s.    The real McCoy. Place a Bid!