Frog Baby
About the Sculpture
Frog Baby is a garden sculpture that depicts a young girl proudly clutching two frogs by their hind legs; the playfulness extends through the sculpture as seen with her toes curling upward and she is surrounded by a ring of frogs that spit water. This sculpture was purchased from Temur Mamisashvili in 2007 as part of the Hamann Rose Garden renovation and was selected because it is a wonderful example of early 20th century garden sculpture that reflects the garden's history.
Donated in memory of Bob Partridge, Beloved Husband, Father & Friend.
About the Artist
Edith Barretto Parsons was born in Halifax, VA in 1878. She studied at the Arts Students League of New York with fellow sculptor Daniel Chester French. From 1908 to 1933, she exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design. She was a member of the National Sculpture Society and the Association of Women Painters and Sculptors. Her work changed subject matter after marrying and having kids, as her own children became her models. Her series of children holding ducks, turtles, and other creatures became extremely popular, especially in the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.
She died in New Canaan, CT in 1956. Quoting an anonymous newspaper article from the 1920s, “Though intensely reticent about herself one may, if privileged to enter that home, breathe there the spirit of the gifted woman who has been able to imprison in bronze the smile of a little child.”
Additional Information
Hamann Rose Garden
Dimensions with pedestal:
Length: 2 ft.
Width: 2 ft.
Height: 5 ft.
Location
Hamann Rose Garden, S 27th St., Lincoln 68502 View Map
40.800868, -96.682058
Hamann Rose Garden, S 27th St. ,
Lincoln 68502
Hamann Rose Garden, S 27th St. ,
Lincoln 68502
Frog Baby