JANET SCUDDER (1875-1940)

Details
JANET SCUDDER (1875-1940)

'Frog Baby', A Bronze Figure

inscribed JANET SCUDDER
12½in. (31.8cm.) high, rich greenish brown patina
Literature
J. Scudder, Modeling my Life, New York, 1925, pp. 134-135, 171-173, 184-206, illus.

Lot Essay

Scudder used a four-year-old Paris urchin as the model for the Frog Baby Fountain. The sale of the life-size bronze to Stanford White was instrumental in launching her career. Reductions of the fountain were cast by both Griffoul and Roman Bronze Works.