Rubber Ducky 5

A rubber duck is a toy shaped like a stylized duck, generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as... more

by Jon Berghoff

Title

Rubber Ducky 5

Artist

Jon Berghoff

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

A rubber duck is a toy shaped like a stylized duck, generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in Western pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing. Various novelty variations of the toy are produced.

Sculptor Peter Ganine created a sculpture of a duck in the 1940's, then patented it and reproduced it as a floating toy, of which over 50,000,000 were sold.

The world's largest rubber duck was created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman in 2007, measuring 154 ft × 66 ft × 105 ft. and weighing about 1,300 lbs. Since 2007, several ducks of various sizes created by Hofman have been on display in countries and territories around the world.

In 2013 rubber ducks were inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame. Rubber Ducks joined a list of only 52 other toys that have also inducted into the Hall of Fame since its founding in 1998...Info from Wikipedia

Taken in downtown Tacoma, WA, at the Festival of Sail weekend.

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June 23rd, 2017