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Wall Clock
1940
George A. McFadden (1904-1991)
USA: Massachusetts, Winchester
Wood, metal, paint
23"h x 14"w x 8"d
Gift of the Estate of George A. McFadden
91.018.6

Pinocchio Wall Clock; a: clock: crouching man offering a dog a bone; orange, green, and cream painted colors; "Sessions" movement in front of peaked gable, gingerbread house; b: pendulum; c: winding key.


One of Walt Disney’s pioneering feature-length animated films, Pinocchio, released in 1940, inspired designer George McFadden to create this clock the same year. More than thirty years passed before McFadden made another clock. McFadden’s image of a man, perhaps Geppetto, giving his dog a bone, may illustrate his own warm feelings toward animals, dogs in particular. Upon his death, he left the bulk of his estate to organizations dedicated to the care of unwanted dogs.



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