Open source Elasticsearch & Next.js museum search.
Turtle Baby | musefully
Parsons, Edith Barretto Stevens. Turtle Baby, c. 1910–16. bronze, Overall: 104.2 cm (41 in.). Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection, 1923.724. CC0.
Turtle Baby, c. 1910–16. Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons (American, 1878–1956). Bronze; overall: 104.2 cm (41 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection 1923.724 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.