Cleveland Museum of Art
Turtle Baby
Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons
- Date
- c. 1910–16
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- America
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Parsons achieved renown through her garden sculptures of young children accompanied by animals, which one commentator praised for capturing “the happiness of just being alive.” In Turtle Baby , her most famous composition, the figure of the girl was modeled after her daughter. Conceived as a fountain, the sculpture has internal water conduits exiting the mouths of the four turtles circling its base. Parsons created similar sculptures featuring young girls and boys with ducks, frogs, and fish.
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