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In the 1970s ernie from sesame street super popularized rubber duckies with his song rubber duckie and later duckie.
Peter ganine rubber duck. Sculptor peter ganine decided to capitalize on this and designed the now iconic rubber duck design. After the second world war russian american sculptor peter ganine known more famously for his chess sets submitted a patent for a duck ornament solely for playing purposes. Rubber duck on the other hand that s the floatation for which hofman is best known is a decidedly western fixture. He spent five years as a trader in the belgian congo before coming to the us in 1931 on a scholarship to corcoran gallery of art in washington d c.
Mccall helped to popularize rubber ducks with his hit convoy. Ganine began his art studies in russia. He settled in hollywood in 1932 where he lived until his death. Peter ganine october 11 1900 august 11 1974 was a russian american sculptor best known for his work in ceramics and his chess sets.
The earliest rubber ducks were made from harder rubber when manufacturers began using charles goodyear s invention vulcanized rubber. Consequently these solid rubber ducks were not capable of floating and were instead intended as chew toys. He is credited as being the primary designer and took out a 14 year patent on the design all the way back in 1949. Los angeles sculptor peter ganine los angeles sculptor peter ganine.
Sculptor peter ganine created a sculpture of a duck in the 1940s.
