Turtle, (sculpture).

Turtle, (sculpture).

Berg, Eric, 1945-2020, sculptor.

Turtle, (sculpture).

Espanola #21, (sculpture).

Espanola Number Twenty-one, (sculpture).

Dedicated Aug. 14, 1992.

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Bronze, painted.

Approx. 35 x 45 x 30 in. (400 lbs.).

A cast bronze portrait of "Espanola #21," an Espanola tortoise that lived in the San Diego Zoo for almost fifty years before being returned to its native Galapagos island home in 1971. The sculpture is set directly on the ground.

Animal -- Portrait -- Espanola #21

Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Chautauqua

Administered by Chautauqua Institution, Clark & Miller Street, Chautauqua, New York 14722

Located Chautauqua Institution, Orin and Elizabeth Raphael Sculpture Park, Palestine & Ramble Avenues, Chautauqua, New York

This sculpture of a rare Espanola tortoise from the Galapagos Islands was donated by Margaret Raphael, donor of the land for the Chautauqua Institution's sculpture park. Espanola #21 was a tortoise that lived at the San Diego Zoo until 1971 when it was shipped back to the Galapagos Islands in an effort to encourage breeding in the hope of increasing the tortoise population. IAS files contain a newspaper article from the Chautauquan Daily, Aug. 4, 1992, pg. 20.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.

Chautauquan Daily, Aug. 4, 1992, pg. 20.

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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