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William Church Osborn Memorial Playground Gateway, (sculpture). Artist:  Manship, Paul, 1885-1966, sculptor. Title:  William Church Osborn Memorial Playground Gateway, (sculpture). Dates:  1952.; Dedicated June 15, 1953. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  65 x 96 x 4 in. Inscription:  (Inscribed:) Paul Manship Sculptor 1952 signed Description:  Features six animal scenes from Aesop's Fables. The animals are in natural, active poses. They are modeled in the round, silhouetted amidst Art Nouveau foliage of flowers, vines and tendrils. The scenes include The Hare and The Tortoise, The Wolf and The Lamb, The Fox and The Crow, and The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse. On top of marble posts flanking the gateway are "Group of Bear" and "Group of Deer." Subject:  Literature -- Aesop Animal -- Wolf Animal -- Rabbit Animal -- Bird -- Crow Animal -- Bird -- Peacock Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Animal -- Sheep Animal -- Squirrel Animal -- Mouse Animal -- Bear Animal -- Deer Object Type:  Gate Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Central Park, Playground at 84th Street & Fifth Avenue, New York, New York Remarks:  The gates were commissioned in honor of William Church Osborn, President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988. Illustration:  Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, p. 228. 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 76007113   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76007113 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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