Elephant Tower [for the Portals of the Pacific, 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CA]
![Elephant Tower [for the Portals of the Pacific, 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CA]](http://wolfsonian.org/sites/default/files/object/XX1989.399.JPG "Elephant Tower [for the Portals of the Pacific, 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CA]")
- Title : Elephant Tower [for the Portals of the Pacific, 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CA]
- Artist: Donald Macky Architect
- Accession: XX1989.399
- Country: United States
- Date: circa 1938
- Dimensions: Inches 14 11 11-3/8, Centimeters 35.6 27.9 28.3
- Collection: Object
- Category: Paintings and Sculpture
- Collection Theme: Art Deco
- Subject: World's Fairs and Expositions , Architecture/Architectural Design , Animals
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: XX1989.399.JPG
- Tags: World's Fairs and Expositions~Architecture~Paintings and Sculpture~Art Deco
Description:
White painted plaster maquettefor the Portals of the Pacific at the Golden Gate International Exposition; maquette in the form of three elephants standing side by side carrying stepped pyramids on their backs all mounted on a stepped platform base.
