Edith Barretto Parsons (1878-1956)

'Frog Baby'

Details

Edith Barretto Parsons (1878-1956)
'Frog Baby'
inscribed 'E.B. Parson ©' and stamped 'Gorham Co. Founders/OGHY' (along the base)
bronze with greenish brown patina
23½ in. (59.7 cm.) high

Literature

C.S. Rubinstein, American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990, p. 161, illustration of the larger version

Lot Essay

Frog Baby is from a series of fountain groups depicting toddlers which includes Turtle Baby and Duck Baby. Other examples in different sizes are in Brookgreen Gardens and Ball State Teacher's College, Muncie, Indiana. The 39½ inch model of Frog Baby was exhibited at the Architectural League of New York in 1917.

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