Don Quixote de la Mancha - Santa Barbara, CA
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N 34° 25.577 W 119° 42.446
11S E 251196 N 3812747
This sculpture can be found in a parking lot behind the Sotheby's Real Estate office in Santa Barbara, California.
Waymark Code: WMEW5B
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2012
Views: 5
This sculpture can be found in a parking lot behind the Sotheby's Real Estate office in Santa Barbara, California. It resides in a square planter area.
From the Smithsonian AIC Description:
Stylized lanky figure of Don Quixote stands in a planter. The figure wears a suit of armor. His shield hangs down his back and he holds a lance upright in his proper right hand. He gestures toward the bank building with his outstretched proper left hand.
The sculpture can be seen (though not too clearly) in Google Street View.
TITLE: Don Quixote de la Mancha
ARTIST(S): sculptor: Richard H. Ellis (1938- )
DATE: ca. 1972
MEDIUM: Bronze
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA001844
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Parking Lot behind 1436 State Street
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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