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Make Way for Ducklings is a sculpture by Nancy Schön, which recreates the duck family in Robert McCloskey's children's classic Make Way for Ducklings. The original set of bronze statues was installed in the Boston Public Garden in 1987, and a copy was installed in Moscow at Novodevichy Park in 1991.
- 1987 (original), 1991 (copy)
Jun 13, 2017 · A family of nine—a mother and her eight offspring—have lived in Boston Public Garden for 30 years. They are the b ronze statues of the “Mallard” family, from the 1941 classic children’s ...
May 7, 2022 · The "Make Way for Ducklings" sculpture in Boston's Public Garden will be front and center this Mother's Day, as the annual Duckling Day Parade is scheduled for noon Sunday.People have been ...
- Rhondella Richardson
- Boston, 02116, MA
Sep 8, 2022 · “Make Way for Ducklings” is one of New England’s most iconic childhood books and pieces of public art. The woman who sculpted those bronze members of the Mallard family, based on the Robert McCloskey classic, is still creating art. And she’s doing so with a renewed sense of purpose, as she approaches her 94th birthday later this September. “Something…
Nov 25, 2016 · An exhibition highlight is the miniature bronze model for Nancy Schön’s Make Way for Ducklings sculpture, commissioned for the Boston Public Garden in 1985. As well as celebrating McCloskey’s achievements as author-illustrator, the retrospective also includes a selection of his independent work connecting him to prominent American painters ...
9780670451494. OCLC. 192241. Make Way for Ducklings is an American children's picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. First published in 1941 by the Viking Press, the book centers on a pair of mallards who raise their brood of ducklings on an island in the lagoon in the Boston Public Garden. It won the 1942 Caldecott Medal for ...
Sculptor Nancy Schön created the famous "Make Way for Ducklings" sculpture in the Boston Public Garden (and another one in Moscow.) Nancy has created over a dozen prominent public sculptures and many in private collections.
