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 The Cats - Los Gatos, CA Posted by:  DougK
N 37° 12.895 W 121° 59.322
10S E 589728 N 4119193
Two large, 8-feet tall cats, known as Leo and Leona, stand guard at the gates of a private estate off of Highway 17 in Los Gatos, California.
Waymark Code: WM7HHF
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2009
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Two wildcats sit on either side of a private gated drive. Both cats are made of concrete and are sitting, ears up, tail curled around the back legs. The eyes of the cat on the proper left (aka Leona) are partly closed; the eyes of the cat on the proper right (aka Leona) are open. Both cats sit on concrete bases, whose approximate dimensions are 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 4 ft.
They have guarded this entrance since 1922 when they were built by the sculptor Robert Treat Paine for the writer Col. Charles Erskine Scott Wood and the poet Sara Bard Field. Wood and Field wanted a place where they and their guests could work undisturbed. So in 1919 they bought 34 acres of land where they could build their "Castle in the sky". Poet's Canyon was a gathering place for the "artistic people" of the time.
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Guarding the Gates
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Leo
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TITLE: The Cats
ARTIST(S): Robert Treat Paine
DATE: 1922
MEDIUM: Sculpture: concrete, painted ; Base: concrete, painted
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA001176
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
17552 Santa Cruz Highway, Los Gatos, California 95030
These cats are located in Los Gatos, California at an unmarked road just out of town off of southbound Highway 17 at the base of the Lexington Reservoir Dam, aka James Lenihan Dam.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None
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