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    		• Weitzman, Steven,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- de Leon, Juan Ponce
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Spanish
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Children
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Coral Gables
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Ponce De Leon, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Weitzman, Steven, 1952- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Ponce De Leon, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1984.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Australian pine, painted.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 15 ft. x Diam. 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Carved into the trunk of a large dead pine tree is the figure of Juan Ponce de Leon who searches in vain for his fountain of youth. His face resembles the artist's because Steven Weitzman used himself as a model, viewing his reflection in a mirror taped to the tree. In the early morning light his expression appears hopeful, but as the day moves on, he appears less optimistic. The explorer is surrounded by four children peeking out from the smooth folds of the tree trunk --they represent the youth that Ponce de Leon never found.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- de Leon, Juan Ponce -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Spanish
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Children
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Coral Gables
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Coral Gables, Public Works Department, Maintenance Division, 285 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida 33134
    Located Ponce Circle Park, Ponce de Leon Boulevard & Sevilla Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida
    Remarks: 
    The artist found the dead tree on a lawn off Le Jeune Road and had the City of Coral Gables move it to the park where is was mounted on a steel plate embedded in poured concrete. The sculpture is part of a $175,000 plan by the Ponce de Leon Development Association to transform Ponce Circle Park into a place for community activities. The City of Coral Gables paid the artist $5,670 for living expenses and authorized the Ponce de Leon Development Association to set up a trust fund to help raise the remaining $14,240 to pay for the sculpture.
    The inscription on a marker located near the sculpture reads: PONCE DE LEON BY STEVEN WEITZMAN 1984/THE PONCE DE LEON DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION/GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM (list of benefactors). IAS files contain newspaper articles from the Miami News, April 4, 1984, pg. 1C; and the Miami Herald, April 13, 1984, pg. 1C and June 10, 1984, pg. 2.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Miami survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Miami Herald June 10, 1984, pg. 2.
    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 FL000994
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