Endangered - San Antonio, FL
N 28° 20.151 W 082° 16.366
17R E 375242 N 3135064
This interesting gopher tortoise sculpture is located in San Antonio City Park in San Antonio, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMC128
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2011
Views: 6
Although there's no information present at the sculpture, according to the Smithsonian Art Inventory this is an "abstract rendering of a gopher tortoise, with its head, tail and four feet extended." The Smithsonian page also states that "A song for the dedication of the statue was written and recorded by the Bellamy Brothers of San Antonio, Florida."
Each year the city of San Antonio hosts a Rattlesnake Festival in the park. Perhaps in homage to the sculpture or gopher tortoises in general, one of the popular activities at the festival is a Turtle Race in which contestants pull mechanical turtles made of wood along strings in a race to the finish.
TITLE: Endangered
ARTIST(S): Lewis Watkins
DATE: 1989. Dedicated Oct. 16, 1989.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: steel and bronze; Base: concrete.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS FL000194
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
San Antonio City Park
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted.
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