Hide And Seek

Artist John Rogers American, 1829 - 1904

Date1875

MediumCast iron, paint

DimensionsOverall: 47 x 14 x 14 in. (119.4 x 35.6 x 35.6 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineDonated by Charles R.Wood

Object number1992.4.35

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Inscribed"HIDE AND SEEK" intaglio printing in sans serif block capitals on the face of the base

Markings"PATENTED MAR 2 1875" in intaglio printing in sans serif block capitals on the upper back of the tree trunk

DescriptionProbably intended as garden or outdoor sculpture. Life-sized figure of a boy with hat held in upraised left arm as if to conceal his face. Heel of right foot raised and braced back against a tree trunk pedestal with an urn on top. The urn is a separate, removable element with handles in the form of an oak branch and leaves with a squirrel forming the upper curve of the handle.

Per Wallace (see NOTES), made as a companion to "Hide and Seek, Whoop!" which is a related figure of a girl, see 1992.4.34.ProvenanceGlens Falls, NY, Charles R. Wood
1992, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust