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Frishmuth, Harriet Whitney,
Figure female -- Full length
Figure female -- Nude
Homage -- Berwind
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Aspiration, (sculpture).
Artist:
Frishmuth, Harriet Whitney, 1880-1980, sculptor.
Title:
Aspiration, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Berwind Tomb - Aspiration, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed Autumn 1933.
Medium:
Vermont granite.
Dimensions:
178 x 144 x 82 in.
Inscription:
BERWIND
Description:
A standing woman draped in a cloth with her proper right hand stretched up to the sky.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Figure female -- Nude
Homage -- Berwind
Object Type:
Gravestone
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
This piece, figure and base, was carved from a single block of granite. It was commissioned by Mrs. Harry A. Berwind from the Presbrey-Leland Studios, New York.
References:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974.
Illustration:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 302.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 88320096
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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