At A Glance
One of the first artworks commissioned as part of Philadelphia’s One Percent for Fine Arts program
Redevelopment Authority donated the sculpture to the Logan Square Civic Association
Logan Square Civic Association raised the funds to have the artwork installed at Coxe Park in 1994
Commissioned in 1964 by The Franklin Institute, Agnes Yarnell’s Benjamin Franklin with Kite is one of the first artworks commissioned as part of the Redevelopment Authority’s Percent for Art program. At 5 feet and 9 inches high, the sculpture shows Franklin clutching to his kite with his kerchief blowing in the wind as if in a thunderstorm. The artwork was placed in The Franklin Institute’s Research Building in 1966, and remained there until the building was sold in 1991. Following a period of time in storage, in 1994 the City donated the sculpture to the Logan Square Civic Association, which raised the funds to have the artwork installed at Coxe Park.
