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Baboon #4, 1939
Plaster original
Sketch model for Baboon Fountain for
World's Fair, 1937 38

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.022

Plaster model of a seated baboon with legs apart and hands resting on knees. This is very similar to baboon #1 except the head is looking to the right. 1 of 5 created for the 1939 New York Worlds Fair.

Two section plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and plaster core. Written on mold is "hands on knees looking left". Mold is held together with plastic zip tie.

Baboon #5 (Laughing with plant), 1939
Plaster original
Sketch model for Baboon Fountain for
World's Fair, 1937 38

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.023

Model for one of five baboons cast for the 1939 New York World's Fair, Flushing Meadow, New York, (subsequently destroyed)

Baboon and Baby Chimpanzee, 1939
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1994.024

Nickel plated plaster of Baboon and Baby Chimpanzee. The green is from years of oxidation of the plating over the plaster.

A baboon holds a baby chimp to her chest. The baby chimp has its back to the baboon. The small chimp has its proper…

Wooden lath armature for Baboon with Baby Chimpanzee with a small amount of plasticine residue in joint areas.

Front section of full-scale model without head of Baboon with Baby Chimpanzee. A baboon holds a baby chimp to her chest. The baby chimp has its back to the baboon. The small chimp has its proper right leg outstretched and is foot on the baboons…

Plaster head for Baboon with Baby Chimpanzee. This is the front section of the head only. The mouth is open slightly.