Sculpture: steel painted black with color accents; Base: stone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of New York Public Art for Public Schools 28-11 Queens Plaza North - Room 513 Long Island City New York 11101
Located Public School 34 730 East 12th Street at Avenue D Near front entrance New York New York
Date:
1954
Notes:
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 88.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
Board of Education, 1993.
Image on file.
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 88.
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Summary:
A welded ensemble of animals made of bent and flattened pieces of steel. The animals are depicted in a linear style and form a sculptural screen installed in a window-like opening in a brick wall of the school. Children can climb on the sculpture. The animals illustrate three of La Fontaine's fables --"The Fox and the Crow," "The Frog and the Bull," and "The Three Thieves and the Donkey."
