Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Artist: J. Wallace Kelly
N.W. Ayer Building
Ralph Bowden Bencker (Architect),
J. Wallace Kelly,
Raphael Sabatini,
1929
* big and small
standing people,
seated people,
partial people,
groups of people,
furniture,
sun,
swords,
books,
publishing equipment,
implications of building interiors,
zodiac signs,
ram,
crab,
centaur
* There are two large figures on each of the four corners of the building that are best seen from a block away.
* Doors and upper walls.
210 West Washington Square (West side of 7th, South of Walnut).
* 39.947250,-75.153400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Washington Square tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Ralph Bowden Bencker page
+askart.com's Raphael Sabatini page
The Ploughman
J. Wallace Kelly,
1938
* kneeling person
* inscription:
They broke the land for harvest.
* Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row.
* 39.973425,-75.190700 [map] [nearby]
* On the Kelly Drive tour
* Exhibits: Labor
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial page
General Richard Montgomery
J. Wallace Kelly,
1946 (installed 1947)
* Statue of Richard Montgomery
* standing person,
sword
* inscription:
1738-1775
Native of County Dublin, Ireland
General of the Continental Army
Firm believer in the cause of freedom
He lost his life in the American assault on Quebec in mid-Winter of 1775
* Part of the William M. Reilly Memorial.
On the hill, South side of Kelly Drive, West of 26th.
* 39.966650,-75.182675 [map] [nearby]
* On the Art Museum Grounds tour
* Exhibits: New,
War
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Richard Montgomery page
+associationforpublicart.org's William M. Reilly Memorial page
The Hand and Eye of God
J. Wallace Kelly,
1959
* eye and hand,
tools
* The title is from the James A. Michener Art Museum's web site. Public Art in Philadelphia says "Titles Unknown."
* Stair Posts.
North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row.
* 39.974550,-75.191400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Kelly Drive tour
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial page
