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Schon, Nancy Quint,
Cavalier Renaissance Foundry,
Animal -- Bird
Literature -- McCloskey
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Make Way for Ducklings, (sculpture).
Artist:
Schon, Nancy Quint, 1928- , sculptor.
Cavalier Renaissance Foundry, founder.
Title:
Make Way for Ducklings, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed on Oct. 4, 1987.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
9 ducks. Mother duck: approx. H. 2.5 ft. x W. 2 ft.; Ducklings: approx. H. 12 x 10 in. Cobblestone path: approx. W. 4 ft. x L. 35 ft.
Inscription:
(On a bronze plaque set in the cobblestone path:) This sculpture has been/placed here as a tribute to/ROBERT McCLOSKEY/whose story "Make Way for Ducklings"/has made the Boston Public Garden/familiar to children throughout the world./1987.
Description:
The sculpture depicts a scene from the book "Make Way for Ducklings" written by Robert McCloskey in 1941. The book tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Mallard and their eight ducklings who make a home in the Boston Public Garden. Here Mrs. Mallard is walking down a cobblestone path with her eight ducklings following along behind her.
Subject:
Animal -- Bird -- Duck
Literature -- McCloskey -- Make Way for Ducklings
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
Located Boston Public Garden, Beacon & Charles Streets, Boston, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The sculpture cost $85,000 and was a gift from the Friends of the Boston Public Garden to the City of Boston. Since 1987 three of the ducklings have been stolen (Mack, Quack, and Ouack), but each time the sculptor has made a replacement. In 1991 at the request of Barbara Bush, the artist made another bronze sculpture of Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings for Gorky Park in Moscow. IAS files contain a copy of the sculpture proposal submitted to the Friends of the Public Garden by the artist Suzanne de Monchaux and Nancy Schon. IAS files also contain several Boston Globe articles detailing the various thefts: Jan. 18, 1992; Jan. 29, 1992; March 22, 1992, pg. 46; Feb. 24, 1989; Dec. 13, 1988; Dec. 15, 1988; and Dec. 20, 1988.
References:
Schon, Nancy (artist), 1988.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
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 9C260001
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Inventory of American Sculpture
9C260001
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