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Lions
- Location: Central ParkZoo; Willard T.C. Johnson Penguin Building, northeast façade
- Sculptor: Frederick George Richard Roth
- Architect: Aymar Embury II
- Description: Bas-relief in three continuous sections
- Materials: Indiana limestone
- Cast: 1935
- Dedicated: 1935
- Inscription: [signed] F•G•R•ROTH
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