-Lion on Tub c. 1920s - 1930s

This small sculpture, *Lion on Tub*, was made by the A.C. Williams Company, though when exactly, we don't know. The figure’s bronze color is like an earth tone—all humble and straightforward, and yet I keep wanting to make it more psychological. What's it like to make a thing like this? Mass-produced, sure. But someone made the mold, had to think, what is the essence of a lion in a tub? There's a kind of pre-digital folk-art feel to it. Like, what if a computer tried to make a cute lion? I imagine them thinking through the tilt of the head, the soft paws holding a book – it's so weird, the lion is literate! I find myself wondering if there's a bit of humor or maybe some kind of a fable. The conversation between art and life keeps flowing down through the ages.