https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/19609/fullMao Tse Toad1976David GilhoolyOverall: 81.9 × 45.7 × 29.2 cm (32 1/4 × 18 × 11 1/2 in.)Low--fired white earthenwareGift of David Silcox and Linda IntaschiG18.7.1a-c0“Mao Tse Toad” is a major work by Gilhooly produced while he was resident in Toronto. The work depicts Mao Tse Dong as a frog character, in line with Gilhooly’s many evocations of his “frog world,” in which frog figures take on anthropomorphic attributes. Gilhooly made the work in three parts, being entirely hand modeled and glazed (rather than produced from molds) in the form of an over-sized bust on a stand. The bust is glazed somewhat naturalistically, while the stand is a loose approximation of Chinese blue and whiteModern and Contemporary CeramicsModern and Contemporary - American2018-2019 New Acquisitions[]Modern and Contemporary CeramicsAmerican1810707812AmericanSigned Mao Tse Toad Gilhooly 76