Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Year: 1920
Africa, America, Asia, Europe
Alexander Stirling Calder,
1920 (approximate)
* standing
people,
headgear,
weapons,
bowl or basket
* Gate posts.
Lower (East) courtyard of the Penn Museum.
South side of South Street, East of 33rd.
* 39.949450,-75.190800 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* Exhibits: Black Lives
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page
+penn.museum
Over the Top
John Paulding,
1920
* standing person,
helmet,
rifle
* Misattributed many places as "Doughboy, Ernest Moore Viquesney, 1919." Thanks to Kenneth Berchem-Nigg for the correction.
* inscription:
In memory of our boys of the sixth, eleventh, and twelfth wards who served in the Great War of the nations, 1914-1918
* Northeast corner, 2nd and Spring Garden.
* 39.960835,-75.141250 [map] [nearby]
* On the Northern Liberties tour
* Exhibits: Favorites,
War
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's John Paulding page
University Museum Fountain
Alexander Stirling Calder,
1920 (approximate)
* birds,
face,
fountain
* Inside wall.
Lower (East) courtyard of the Penn Museum.
South side of South Street, East of 33rd.
* 39.949440,-75.190805 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page
+penn.museum
University Museum Lower Courtyard Gates
Samuel Yellin,
1920 (approximate)
* abstract ironwork
* Gates.
Lower (East) courtyard of the Penn Museum.
South side of South Street, East of 33rd.
* 39.949575,-75.190950 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.orgs's Samuel Yellin page
+samuelyellin.com
+penn.museum