Artwork

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The Wrestlers

(3rd century BCE, cast c. 1885)

by Artist Unknown

Horticulture Center grounds (Belmont Avenue and North Horticultural Drive, West Fairmount Park)

This sculpture is based on the 3rd century BCE Greek original, which was lost in antiquity. The men are engaged in the Greek sport pankration.

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Shakespeare Memorial

(1926)

by Alexander Stirling Calder (1870 - 1945)

Logan Square, Benjamin Franklin Parkway between 19th and 20th Streets

Alexander Stirling Calder’s monument to William Shakespeare, which depicts two figures representing Comedy and Tragedy.

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Kopernik

(1972)

by Dudley Talcott (1899 - 1986)

18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway

This memorial sculpture was commissioned by a committee of Polish Americans formed to honor Kopernik on the 500th anniversary of his birth.

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Total Environment

(1986)

by Barbara Neijna (b. 1937)

Independence Place Condominiums, 6th Street and Locust Walk

The idea, artist Barbara Neijna explained, was to relate the space both to the architecture of the city (specifically the Society Hill area) and to the park atmosphere of neighboring Washington Square.

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Old Man, Young Man, the Future

(1966)

by Leonard Baskin (1922 - 2000)

Society Hill Towers, 2nd and Locust Streets

A young man, standing, and a seated older man confront a winged creature representing the future. According to artist Leonard Baskin, the mythical bird also signifies external reality.

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Schiller

(1885)

by Heinrich Carl Johann Manger (1833 - 1891)

Horticulture Center grounds (Belmont Avenue and North Horticultural Drive, West Fairmount Park)

“Schiller” was commissioned by the Canstatter Volksfest-Verein, and is a companion piece to “Goethe” also located on the Horticulture Center grounds.

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Goethe

(1890)

by Heinrich Carl Johann Manger (1833 - 1891)

Horticulture Center grounds (Belmont Avenue and North Horticultural Drive, West Fairmount Park)

“Goethe” was commissioned by the Canstatter Volksfest-Verein, and is a companion piece to “Schiller” also located on the Horticulture Center grounds.

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World Park: Orders and Perspectives

(1995)

by Ned Smyth (b. 1948)

Marriott Hotel, plaza, 12th Street at Filbert Street

Ned Smyth’s sculptural environment is rich in symbolism and references Greek, Egyptian and Byzantine architecture.

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Welcoming to Freedom

(1939)

by Maurice Sterne (1878 - 1957)

Central Terrace of Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial Sculpture Garden (north of Boathouse Row on Kelly Drive)

A bronze group in the Central Terrace of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial symbolizing “the welcoming of the oppressed from all lands.”

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The Birth of a Nation

(1942)

by Henry Kreis (1899 - 1963)

South Terrace of Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial (north of Boathouse Row on Kelly Drive)

Kreis’s monument in the South Terrace of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial shows three male figures of varying ages, signifying the agreement of young and old to forge a self-governing republic.