The Bubble
The Bubble
Artist
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
(1880 - 1980)
Date1928
MediumBronze and glass
Dimensions94 x 38 3/4 x 26 in. (238.8 x 98.4 x 66 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Fractional Gift of Frank L. Hohmann, III and Museum purchase, 2007.185
Accession number
2007.185
On View
On viewCollections
Label TextHarriet Whitney Frishmuth’s sculpture expresses the fluid motion of a young female dancer, buoyantly leaping forward with limbs fully extended. Frishmuth was close friends with her model, the professional dancer Desha Delteil. The sculpture shows the beauty of both Delteil’s agile movement and Frishmuth’s mastery of bronze. Though the sculpture weighs almost 600 pounds, it balances on just a few square inches at the ball of the figure’s right foot.
La escultura de Harriet Whitney Frishmuth expresa la fluidez del movimiento de una joven bailarina, quien salta alegremente con las extremidades extendidas. Frishmuth y la modelo, Desha Delteil, eran muy buenas amigas. La escultura muestra la belleza tanto del ágil movimiento de Delteil, como de la destreza excepcional de Frishmuth al trabajar con bronce. A pesar de que la escultura pesa casi 600 libras, se balancea sobre apenas unas cuantas pulgadas en la planta del pie derecho de la figura.
