Tiles: ceramic, painted or glazed; Base: concrete, stucco
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Development & Community Relations 2021 North Kinney Road Tucson Arizona 85743
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1992.
Image on file.
ELOWRY/Elana C. Lowry (Mounted on wall below tile:) Regal Horned Lizard/Phyrnosoma solare (Mounted on wall below tile:) Collared Lizard/Crotaphytus collaris (Mounted on wall below tile:) Clark's Spiny Lizard/Sceloporus clarki (Mounted on wall below tile:) Whiptail Lizard/Cnemidophorus tigris (Mounted on wall below tile:) Black Chuckwalla/Sauromalus hispidus (Mounted on wall below tile:) San Esteban Island Chuckwalla/Sauromolus obesus (Mounted on wall below tile:) Desert Iguana/Sauromalus varius (Mounted on wall below tile:) Desert Spiny Lizard/Sceloporus magister (Mounted on wall below tile:) Arizona Chuckwalla/Sauromolus obesus (Mounted on wall below tile:) Zebra-tailed Lizard/Callisaurus draconoides signed
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Summary:
Ceramic relief tiles depicting ten different species of lizards kept in the museum's lizard enclosure. The lizards are shown in natural settings. The tiles are mounted on top of a low stucco-covered concrete wall.
