Elephant - Houston, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 42.732 W 095° 23.258
15R E 269022 N 3289281
Life size walking figure of an elephant with trunk extended and ears folded back. Outside the zoo entrance, it is viewable from the parking lot.
Waymark Code: WMR15F
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2016
Views: 2
The statue is a five ton, life-sized welded steel sculpture that is comprised of strips of Cor-ten steel and rods that are fused into each other to give the elephant its form. The steel armature supports are intentionally visible and act as the anchoring points in the legs.
Gift of Isabell and Max Herzstein.
TITLE: Elephant
ARTIST(S): Robert Fowler; assistants John Long and Phil Schalekamp
DATE: May, 1982
MEDIUM: Welded Steel
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX000334
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Entrance to the Herman Park Zoo off of Cambridge Street.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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