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Parsons, Edith Barretto,
Rundell Ernstberger Associates,
Oberle Construction,
Figure female -- Child
Animal -- Amphibian
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Muncie
Fountain
Sculpture
Frog Baby, (sculpture).
Artist:
Parsons, Edith Barretto, 1878-1956, sculptor.
Rundell Ernstberger Associates, designer.
Oberle Construction, contractor.
Title:
Frog Baby, (sculpture).
Dates:
1917-1937. Reinstalled Nov. 1993.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. 2 in. x 16 in. x 10 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 1 1/2 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft.; Basin: approx. 1 x 63 x 32 ft.
Description:
The figure of a nude little girl, a frog dangling from each hand, stands in the center of a semicircular fountain basin. The little girl smiles and turns her face toward the sky. She stands with her feet together atop a globe supported by a small ring of frogs that spray water into the fountain basin.
Subject:
Figure female -- Child
Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Muncie
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Ball State University, Facilities, Planning & Management Office, 2000 West University Avenue, Muncie, Indiana 47306
Located Ball State University, Braken Library, Muncie, Indiana 47306
Remarks:
The sculpture, created sometime between 1917 and 1937, first came to Muncie as part of an American sculpture exhibition funded by the Ball family at the Ball State Museum of Art in 1937. The sculpture was placed on permanent loan to Ball State Museum of Art after it was purchased by Frank C. Ball, one of the original five Ball brothers who donated the land on which Ball State was founded. The sculpture was later placed in storage because it was in need of restoration, but in 1993, it was restored and reinstalled in a new fountain basin designed by Rundell Ernstberger Associates and constructed by Oberle Construction. According to campus folklore, students used to rub the child's nose for good luck before exams.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
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 76007397
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