stand for Frog Labyrinth, Kevin Coates

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Kevin Coates, artist
born 1950
stand for Frog Labyrinth, 1980
Where object was made: England, United Kingdom
Material/technique: metal; acrylic
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 10.4 x 7 x 2.1 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 4 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 0 13/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Robert A. Hiller in honor of his friends Kevin Coates and Nel Romano Coates
Accession number: 2013.0086.RA01
Not on display
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Exhibition Label:
"Material World: Adornment from Around the Globe," Jun-2014
“Winnie smiled. Then she stooped and put her hand through the fence and set the toad free. ‘There!’ she said. ‘You’re safe. Forever.’” -Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

Coates was originally asked to illustrate the children’s book Tuck Everlasting, instead however, he created a jeweled brooch that evolved out of his pleasure in reading Babbitt’s text. Coates writes, “This frog, like the toad in Natalie Babbitt’s delightful Tuck Everlasting, contemplates an infinitely repeated pattern of existence.” Indeed, the frog seems to be situated at the very precipice of infinity, complete with arrows leading the way. On the opposite side of the brooch, more arrows direct the frog’s golden footprints towards the center where a six-sided pyramid of carved moonstone gently glows.

by Laura Minton
Sloan Intern, Print Room