The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

The Gardens & Exhibits

General Information
Plant Collection
Arboretum Features
Horticulture Center
History
Mission and Vision
Tree Adventure
Garden Railway

Garden Sculptures

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Untitled (After Black Forest)
Two Lines Variable
African Queen
American Bull
Saint Francis
Cotswold Sheep
Gemination Sequence
Bronze Bell
Heart Pod
Inside Out
After B.K.S. Iyengar
John and Lydia Morris
Mercury
Stanchion
Sugarman Sculptures
Three Tubes

American Bull
Created by: Lorraine Vail (American, b. 1952)
Material: Resin-bonded bronze, 1981
Gift of Dorothy Willaman Haas

The Arboretum's streamsides are home to many creatures, including the aquatic bullfrog. Lorraine Vail's sculpted bullfrog is unmoved by our presence as he surveys the world through narrowed eyelids. The artist skillfully captured both his likeness and distinctive personality, as if he had sat for his portrait. Vail rendered him in a gigantic scale, "to give the viewer a 'small' feeling in the environment," After sculpting the form in clay, and creating a plaster mold, the sculptor made this unique cast from polyester resin, fiberglass, and bronze grindings.

American Bull