Queries - Cumming Ceramic Research Foundation's scholarships; catalogue raisonne of sculptor Harriet Whitney Frishmuth; research on wallpaper patterns reconstruction

Magazine Antiques, Oct, 2002 by Remi Spriggs

Established in 1991, the Cumming Ceramic Research Foundation is a Canadian nonprofit federally incorporated charitable trust. It seeks to encourage and support the knowledge about ceramics, with emphasis on the production of English and continental factories. The foundation provides an annual scholarship of up to Can$2,000 for original research regarding the history, development, technology style, or use of English or continental ceramics dating from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century Additional scholarships may also be awarded. For 2003, applications must be received by December 31, 2002, and recipients will be notified by March 15, 2003. Please write to the following address for scholarship conditions and application requirements.

Cumming Ceramic Research Foundation

20 Driveway -- 906

Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1C8

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980) is the subject of a forthcoming catalogue raisonne. The sculptor was born in Philadelphia and spent most of her early years in Europe with her mother and sister. She studied sculpture in Paris under Auguste Rodin and Jean Antoine Injalbert, which resulted in a 1903 submission of work by her to the Paris Salon. After spending a brief period in Berlin, she returned to the United States and settled in New York City. About 1910 Frishmuth began to establish her reputation by creating small, commercially viable bronze objects, such as letter openers, bookends, lamps, portrait reliefs, and sundials cast by the Gorham Company Founders. Her first freestanding female nude, Girl with Dolphin, was created in 1913, and three years later she met the dancer Desha Podgorsky, who modeled for most of her female subjects, and whose exuberant spirit provided the inspiration for her most accomplished works. The entry on each sculpture will include the edition size, exhibition history, a brief bibliographic record, and current location. If available a photograph will be included. Anyone who has information about the sculptor or her works should contact:

Frank L. Hohmann III

Director

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth Catalogue Raisonne

11 East 77th Street

New York, New York 10021

frisbmuthproject@hotmail.com

It has been known for some years that wallpaper sometimes leaves a pattern, known as a "ghost," on the wall to which it has been attached. These patterns can be valuable in re-creating lost or damaged patterns. Kenmore Plantation and George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation, with funding from the Barra Foundation, are currently conducting a study of these ghosts, for which many examples are needed. Information is currently being sought from those who know of walls to which a wallpaper pattern has been transferred. For more information about the study contact:

Matthew Webster

Restoration Project Manager

George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation

1201 Washington Avenue

Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401

Telephone 540-373-3381, ext. 25

webster@gwffoundation.org

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