Tortoise and Hare
Tortoise and Hare
Artist
Nancy Schön
(born 1928)
Date2009
MediumSilicon bronze
DimensionsTortoise: 29 x 29 x 60 in. (73.7 x 73.7 x 152.4 cm)
Hare: 36 x 24 x 29 in. (91.4 x 61 x 73.7 cm)
Hare: 36 x 24 x 29 in. (91.4 x 61 x 73.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2009.8
Accession number
2009.8
On View
On viewLabel TextNancy Schön is well known for her whimsical, engaging sculpture featuring animals – often from well-loved works of children’s literature. She has recreated Make Way for Ducklings in the Boston Public Garden, the bear from Blueberries for Sal in the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, and Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore at the Newton Free Library, in Newton, Mass.
