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Shakespeare Memorial

Shakespeare Memorial
Alexander Stirling Calder, 1926
* Memorial to William Shakespeare
* people, sitting and lying
* originally installed in 1928 closer to the Library as shown in the 1930 picture. Moved to the current location probably soon after March, 1954.
* inscription: All the World's A Stage, and All the Men and Women merely players.
* North side of Logan Square. 19th and the Parkway.
* 39.958750,-75.171200 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1930 picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+phillyhistory.org 1954 picture of the new location of this piece with the piece still in its original location
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page
+publicartarchive.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page
+wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page
+wikipedia.org's Logan Circle page