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    		• Bedford, Jon,
     
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    		• Shidoni Foundry,
     
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    		• Animal -- Reptile
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Worth
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Galapagos Tortoise, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bedford, Jon, sculptor.
    Shidoni Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Galapagos Tortoise, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1983.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Chrome plated automobile bumpers and steel.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 6 ft. 5 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A turtle constructed of chrome auto bumpers and welded steel, stands on its four feet, head raised upwards.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Worth
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 1501 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
    Remarks: 
    Children often play and climb on the sculpture because of its location at the entrance to the museum school.
    Museum purchase through the Frank Young Fund.
    Plaque on pavement under sculpture reads: "GALAPAGOS TORTOISE"/JON BEDFORD 1983/SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO/WELDED STEEL AND CHROME BUMPERS.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Fort Worth survey, 1993.
    Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 1988.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    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.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 63920009
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