--- title: "Long Day in Pretoria with Frog — Anamorphic Sculpture" description: "Growing up in South Africa, I developed a deep and lasting love of frogs. My most vivid childhood memory is of a long day spent out by a small waterhole on" lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "legalName": "Mathematics of Self Ltd.", "alternateName": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "logo": "https://sentient.art/sentient-art-logo-dark.png", "founder": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yifat Davidoff" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#website", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "name": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "description": "Sculpture editions and unique artworks by Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff — where art meets science.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org" } } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebPage", "name": "Loading edition…", "description": "Loading edition details", "url": "https://sentient.art/edition/long-day-in-pretoria-with-frog", "isPartOf": { "@type": "WebSite", "name": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "url": "https://sentient.art" } }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "legalName": "Mathematics of Self Ltd.", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "logo": "https://wdrxdfvnnrdahkzifhxs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-assets/site-settings/logo/1779723800851-m6hr4e-Original-Sentient-Logo-Black.png", "founder": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yifat Davidoff" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#website", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "name": "Official Site: Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "description": "Art born from science. Jonty reveals hidden forces of reality through works that make perception shift. Everything is not as it seems.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org" } } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "VisualArtwork", "name": "Long Day in Pretoria with Frog", "url": "https://sentient.art/edition/long-day-in-pretoria-with-frog", "image": "https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/edition-images/edition-da5fcb38-364e-4f66-aeb2-f483a6468359-compressed-1778922340057.jpg", "inLanguage": "en", "dateCreated": "2018", "artMedium": "Bronze And Steel", "artworkSurface": "50w x 50h x 45d", "description": "Growing up in South Africa, I developed a deep and lasting love of frogs. My most vivid childhood memory is of a long day spent out by a small waterhole on a hot day interacting with frogs. They really and truly were gentle and friendly souls. I even discovered that they enjoy a gentle caress along the spine – I never tried kissing one, though, but I suppose I can claim to have experienced some level of intimacy with a frog.As the years went by and adulthood took over, I somehow buried my frog feelings. It was when I produced the first frog sculpture that I came to understand my feelings. It was the small things – literally down to the extent to which I found I knew frog physiology on an intuitive level.So it began. Eight years and 20 or so frog sculptures later, I feel like I'm just starting this relationship.Millions have viewed these Chytrid sculptures on the internet as they form part of my original work (the edition is sold out). They have been written in over 60 articles and several academic papers.So here I present my latest frog portrait. I've called this work \"Long day in Pretoria with Frog\".", "creator": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz", "sameAs": "https://sentient.art/about" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dr. Yifat Davidoff", "sameAs": "https://sentient.art/about" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "sentient.art" } ], "isPartOf": { "@type": "CollectionPage", "name": "Edition of Originals" } } ] --- [ The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff ](/) [ The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff ](/) [](/ "Home") ![sentient.art](/sentient-art-icon.png)![sentient.art](/sentient-art-logo.png)![sentient.art](/sentient-art-logo-dark.png) # Long Day in Pretoria with Frog Edition Size:  8 Artist Copies:  4 Year:  2018 Dimensions:  50w x 50h x 45d (cm) Materials:  Bronze And Steel ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Long Day in Pretoria with Frog, Bronze And Steel, 2018](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-da5fcb38-364e-4f66-aeb2-f483a6468359-compressed-1778922340057.jpg?width=1600&quality=85&resize=contain) ## Related concepts - [Anamorphic Sculpture](/concepts/anamorphic-sculpture) - [Mirror Anamorphosis](/concepts/mirror-anamorphosis) - [Observer-Dependent Reality](/concepts/observer-dependent-reality) - [Privileged Viewpoint](/concepts/privileged-viewpoint) - [Mathematical Sculpture](/concepts/mathematical-sculpture) - [Science Art](/concepts/science-art) - [Anamorphosis](/concepts/anamorphosis) - [Optical Illusion Sculpture](/concepts/optical-illusion-sculpture) - [Anamorphic & Illusion Art Editions](/concepts/anamorphic-art-editions) ![Long Day in Pretoria with Frog — Pretoria-Frog-jonty-hurwitz+4.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/da5fcb38-364e-4f66-aeb2-f483a6468359/1762441620437-0-Pretoria-Frog-jonty-hurwitz+4-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Long Day in Pretoria with Frog — image-asset.jpeg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/da5fcb38-364e-4f66-aeb2-f483a6468359/1762441626945-7-image-asset-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Long Day in Pretoria with Frog — Micasa IMG 1129.JPG](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1786486670772-rc9ms6a-web.webp?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Long Day in Pretoria with Frog — Long Day in Pretoria with Frog - Pretoria Frog Signing.mov](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/My_9vrRdp3s/hqdefault.jpg) Growing up in South Africa, I developed a deep and lasting love of frogs. My most vivid childhood memory is of a long day spent out by a small waterhole on a hot day interacting with frogs. They really and truly were gentle and friendly souls. I even discovered that they enjoy a gentle caress along the spine – I never tried kissing one, though, but I suppose I can claim to have experienced some level of intimacy with a frog.As the years went by and adulthood took over, I somehow buried my frog feelings. It was when I produced the first frog sculpture that I came to understand my feelings. It was the small things – literally down to the extent to which I found I knew frog physiology on an intuitive level.So it began. Eight years and 20 or so frog sculptures later, I feel like I'm just starting this relationship.Millions have viewed these Chytrid sculptures on the internet as they form part of my original work (the edition is sold out). They have been written in over 60 articles and several academic papers.So here I present my latest frog portrait. I've called this work "Long day in Pretoria with Frog". 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