Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Year: 1943
Ivy Day Markers
1936 - 1948
* small
ivy leaves,
idea
* There are Ivy Day markers all over the Penn campus, but these are particularly sculptural.
* West wall.
Irvine Auditorium.
Northwest of 34th and Spruce.
* 39.950965,-75.193260 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Irvine Auditorium page
Prometheus Strangling the Vulture
Jacques Lipchitz,
1943
* standing person,
vulture
* Front steps.
Art Museum.
25th and the Parkway.
* 39.965585,-75.180960 [map] [nearby]
* On the Art Museum Grounds tour
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+wikipedia.org's Jacque Lipchitz page
+philamuseum.org
The Birth of a Nation
Henry Kreis,
1943
* Quote from George Washington
* cannon,
group of people
standing,
eagle,
idea
* inscription:
front:
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unaliable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
And for the support
of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence
we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
-Declaration of Independence
back:
The preservation
of the sacred fire of liberty
and the destiny of the
republican model of government
are justly considered as deeply
as finally staked on the experiment
intrusted to the hands
of the American people.
-First Inaugural of George Washington
A Nation is Formed
* South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row.
* 39.972750,-75.190490 [map] [nearby]
* On the Kelly Drive tour
* See also:
+medallicartcollector.com's Henry Kreis page
+wikipedia.org's George Washington page
+ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page
The Revolutionary Soldier
Erwin Frey,
1943
* standing person,
hat,
gun
* South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row.
* 39.972675,-75.190450 [map] [nearby]
* On the Kelly Drive tour
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Erwin Frey page
+ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page
The Statesman
Erwin Frey,
1943
* standing person
* South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row.
* 39.972800,-75.190490 [map] [nearby]
* On the Kelly Drive tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Erwin Frey page
+ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page
World War I Tablet
Nicola D'Ascenzo Studios,
1943 (? not legible)
* small
eagle,
branches,
symbols
* inscription:
This tablet is erected by grateful citizens
in honor of the men who offered the supreme sacrifice
and of the women who forever glorified womanhood
and made victory possible in the Great World War
for The Freedom of Mankind
Not for a transient victory or some
stubborn belief that they alone were right
not for a selfish purpose did they fight
but for the generations still to come
Aug 4, 1914 - Apr 6, 1917 - Nov 11, 1918
* Wall.
East side of the South tower entrance, City Hall.
South side of JFK at Broad.
* 39.952600,-75.163450 [map] [nearby]
* On the City Hall tour
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org Nicola D'Ascenzo page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page
+wikipedia.org's City Hall page
