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Happy Frog, (sculpture). Artist:  McVey, William, 1905- , sculptor. Title:  Happy Frog, (sculpture). Dates:  1975. Dedicated Oct. 7, 1975. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete plinth. Dimensions:  Sculpture without artist's base: approx. 35 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 38 in. (90.2 x 62.2 x 96.5 cm.); Sculpture with artist's base: approx. 42 x 23 x 39 in. (200 lbs). Inscription:  (Artist's signature is etched on artist's base) (Concrete plynth, side near top:) M/c/V/E/Y (Engraved on brass plate on concrete plynth:) THE HAPPY FROG/WILLIAM M. MCVEY, SCULPTOR/PRESENTED TO/NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK/BY/THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB/ON OCTOBER 7, 1979/FOR OUR NATION'S BICENTENNIAL. (Engraved on brass plate on artist's base:) HAPPY FROG LANDSCAPING/DONATED BY/THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB/WASHINGTON, D.C./1986/IN MEMORY OF PAST MEMBERS signed Description:  A flat, round frog with two bulging round eyes on top. It sits on a slanted base with its legs tucked under itself. The slanted base sits on a concrete plinth. Subject:  Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Sculpture Owner:  Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park, 3001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Opposite Reptile House Entrance, Washington, District of Columbia 20008 Remarks:  Sculpture was a gift of the Twentieth Century Club, Washington, D.C., in 1975. Although both the zoo cataloging sheet and the 1993 SOS! survey indicate that the presentation of the sculpture was held on October 7, 1979, a memorandum inviting Dr. Dillon S. Ripley, Secretary of the Smithsonian, to the presentation notes the date as October 7, 1975. IAS files contain a copy of the Sept. 8, 1975 memorandum inviting Dr. Ripley to the presentation; a copy of the National Zoological Park's 1988 cataloging sheet; and an unidentified article with a photograph of children climbing on the sculpture. References:  Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park, 1990. Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993. Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 2.22. Illustration:  Image on file. Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 2.22. 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 08700009   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 08700009 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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