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copied from User:Smallbones/List of public art in Philadelphia
unabridged list here: User:Slowking4/list of philadelphia public art Slowking4: 7@1|x 14:45, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
if you have a photo on the bigger list, copy the reference from there to here. Slowking4: †@1₭ 03:01, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Combine all tables?

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Hi. What's the rationale for building this List, ostensibly a single list, as six regional ones? If we combined the tables, readers would be able to sort all listed Philly artworks by date, artist, etc. PRRfan (talk) 01:26, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking they will soon (or have already) grown too large for one list and should be soon divided into separate articles. They were together on one page to help organize which list which pic belonged in. Hope this makes sense. Smallbones(smalltalk) 05:41, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Photo aid only

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Photos needed. May not be complete or accurate.

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Artworks

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Center City and Benjamin Franklin Parkway

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Adam and Eve (Stonorov) Oscar Stonorov 1962 Hopkinson House
604 South Washington Square 		Bronze sculpture 49 x 12.5 in IAS 75009329[1]
Amity (Brown) David Lee Brown 1977 10th & Market Streets 39°57′06″N 75°09′23″W / 39.9516°N 75.1565°W / 39.9516; -75.1565 (Amity (Brown)) Stainless steel, concrete base IAS PA001144[2]
Apollo (unknown) Unknown 1870 Hill-Keith-Physick House garden
321 South 4th Street 		Bronze sculpture 60.5 x 25 x 14 in IAS 88320057[3]
Family of Turtles Eric Berg 1988 Fitler Square, 24th & Pine Streets Bronze Largest turtle: 16 x 20 x 36 in IAS PA001086[4]
Grizzly Eric Berg 1983 Fitler Square, 24th & Pine Streets Bronze statue, red granite base 24 x 12 x 36 in IAS PA001085[5]
General George G. Meade (Calder) Alexander Milne Calder 1881 City Hall[6] Bronze 11 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. x 12 ft City of Philadelphia [7][8][9]
Milord la Chamarre Jean Dubuffet 1976 Centre Square 39°57′7″N 75°9′58″W / 39.95194°N 75.16611°W / 39.95194; -75.16611 (Clothespin) Stainless steel 24 ft. tall CommonWealth REIT[10][11]

Fairmount Park and Schuylkill River

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Including Philadelphia Museum of Art, East Fairmount Park, Laurel Hill Cemetery, West Fairmount Park, and Philadelphia Zoo.

Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Anteater (Mitchell) Henry Mitchell 1966 Bronze sculpture IAS 46200011[12]
Art (Mueller) Augustus Max Johannes Mueller 1876 Memorial Hall, southwest corner Zinc sculpture, painted white, lead coated copper base IAS PA000161[13]
Franz Schubert (Baerer) Henry Baerer 1891 West Fairmount Park
east of Horticultural Hall 		39°59′01″N 75°12′33″W / 39.9836°N 75.2091°W / 39.9836; -75.2091 (Franz Schubert) Bronze sculpture with limestone base and granite with bronze plaque IAS 75009315[14]
Iroquois (di Suvero) Mark di Suvero 1983 Kelly Drive near 24th Street, north of Philadelphia Museum of Art 39°57′54″N 75°10′41″W / 39.9650°N 75.1780°W / 39.9650; -75.1780 (Iroquois (di Suvero)) Painted Steel 42'L x 40'H x 31.8" W Fairmont Park Association [15]
Mother and Twins Monument (Saunders) Henry Dmochowski Saunders 1857 Laurel Hill Cemetery
south section 		39°59′53″N 75°11′26″W / 39.9980°N 75.1906°W / 39.9980; -75.1906 (Mother and Twins) Marble sculpture IAS 71500542[16]
Smith Memorial Arch: Major General George Gordon Meade, (French) Daniel Chester French 1899 Smith Memorial Arch, atop south column 39°58′39″N 75°12′24″W / 39.97750°N 75.20667°W / 39.97750; -75.20667 (Smith Memorial Arch) Bronze 8 x 4 x 3 ft City of Philadelphia [17][18][19]
Smith Memorial Arch: Major General John Fulton Reynolds Charles Grafly 1901 Smith Memorial Arch, atop north column 39°58′39″N 75°12′24″W / 39.97750°N 75.20667°W / 39.97750; -75.20667 (Smith Memorial Arch) Bronze sculpture with granite base IAS PA000525[20]
Smith Memorial Arch: Major General S. W. Crawford Bessie Potter Vonnoh 1898 39°58′39″N 75°12′24″W / 39.97750°N 75.20667°W / 39.97750; -75.20667 (Smith Memorial Arch) Bronze sculpture with stone base IAS PA000531[21]
African Elephant and Calf (Warneke) Heinz Warneke 1962 Philadelphia Zoo 39°58′18″N 75°11′46″W / 39.9716°N 75.1961°W / 39.9716; -75.1961 (Philadelphia Zoo) Norwegian grey Bergan granite sculpture IAS 75009338[22]
Agriculture (Mueller) Augustus Max Johannes Mueller 1876 Zinc sculpture, painted green IAS PA000162[23]

North and Northeast Philadelphia

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Ashanti Gratitude (Brenner) Bernard Brenner 1976 Mander Playground
33rd & Diamond Streets 		Steel sculpture, painted red 72 x 12 x 12 in IAS PA000417[24]
Athlete (Brown) Joe Brown (sculptor) 1967 Vogt Playground
Unruh Avenue & Cottage Street 		40°01′42″N 75°02′56″W / 40.0283°N 75.0490°W / 40.0283; -75.0490 (Athlete (Brown)) Bronze sculpture, brick base IAS 88320120;[25]IAS 75009387[26]


Northwest Philadelphia

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Butterfly George Papashvily 1964 Woodmere Art Museum garden, 9201 Germantown Avenue Sculpture: granite, base: fieldstone 19 x 39 x 6-1/2 in IAS 88320127[27]
Corn Bench Alejandro Lopez 1991 Village of Arts and Humanities, 2544 Germantown Avenue IAS 74960135[28]
Eagle (World War I Memorial) J. Otto Schweizer 1923 Chelten Square, Chelten Avenue & Wister Street Eagle: bronze, granite base with bronze medallions & shields Eagle: 30 x 30 x 24 in IAS PA000084[29]
Fountain and Sculpture Jon Bogle 1974 Nicetown Park, Germantown Avenue & St. Pauls Street Sculpture: metal, base: concrete 144 x 48 in IAS PA001155[30]
Freedom Corner James Dupree 1995 Freedom Square, Germantown Avenue & Wister Street Painted concrete and cowry shells IAS 74910006[31]
Helical Form William P. Daley 1972 Germantown Friends School, 31 West Coulter Street Sculpture: Tomasil bronze, base: limestone 22 x 60 in IAS 75009365[32]
Horse Margaret Wasserman Levy 1969 Germantown Friends School, 31 West Coulter Street Acrylic 44 x 46 x 21 in IAS PA000059[33]
Ile Ife Park Lily Yeh 1987 Village of Arts and Humanities. 2544 Germantown Avenue ceramic tile, concrete, stone, glass, plants IAS PA001139[34]
Leopardopterus John Parker 1987 Woodmere Art Museum garden, 9201 Germantown Avenue 108 x 96 x 78 in IAS PA000415[35]
Meditation Park Lily Yeh 1991 Village of Arts and Humanities, 2544 Germantown Avenue IAS 74960136[36]
Obele Uno (Small House) John Horace Stone
Robert Craddock
Austino Okafor
Simone Leigh 		1995 Village of Arts and Humanities, 2544 Germantown Avenue Painted wood, asphalt, copper sheeting, marble, ceramic IAS 74910018[37]
Teedyuscung
Indian in the Wissahickon 		John Massey Rhind 1902 Wissahickon Creek, north of Walnut Lane Bridge 40°04′06″N 75°13′13″W / 40.068234°N 75.220326°W / 40.068234; -75.220326 (Teedyuscung) Marble
(replaced 1856 wood statue) 		144 in IAS 75009308[38]
Together Family Ken Clark 1977 Mount Airy Playground, Germantown Avenue & Sedgwick Street Weathering steel 60 in x 84 in IAS PA000412[39]
Vertical Form 89-5 Thomas Sternal 1989 Woodmere Art Museum garden, 9201 Germantown Avenue Steel cage, glacial river rocks 108 x 51 x 51 in IAS PA000060[40]
War Memorial to Mothers Harry Lewis Raul 1927 Wister's Woods, Belfield Avenue & 21st Street Sculpture: bronze, base: granite 103 x 74 x 47 in IAS 75009364[41]

South Philadelphia

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Awakening (Pierce) Ron T. Pierce 1971 Union Baptist Church garden
1910 Fitzwater Street 		Bronze sculpture, concrete base 58.5 x 22 x 35 in IAS 88320129[42]
Turtle Eric Berg 1978 Palumbo Recreational Center
10th & Fitzwater Streets 		Bronze 27 x 36 x 53 in IAS PA000492[43]

West and Southwest Philadelphia

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Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
The Alchemist (De Lue) Donald De Lue 1940 University of Pennsylvania
Chemistry Building 		39°57′02″N 75°11′31″W / 39.950510°N 75.192050°W / 39.950510; -75.192050 (Alchemist) Limestone relief IAS 76009541[44]
All Wars Memorial to Penn Alumni Charles Rudy 1951 University of Pennsylvania
33rd Street & Smith Walk 		39°57′05″N 75°11′26″W / 39.9515°N 75.1905°W / 39.9515; -75.1905 (All Wars Memorial to Penn Alumni) Bronze sculptures, granite base IAS 77001620[45]
Alliance (Day) David J. Day 1973 Pacifico Ford
6701 Essington Avenue 		mixed: Sculpture: stainless steel & a rubber tire; Base: concrete & marble 120 x 54 x 36 in IAS PA000104[46]
Atlas X Art Brenner 1974 4509 Island Avenue, near Philadelphia Airport 39°53′20″N 75°13′57″W / 39.8890°N 75.2326°W / 39.8890; -75.2326 (Atlas X) Painted metal sculpture, concrete base IAS PA000158[47]
Peace Symbol[48] Robert Engman 1967 University of Pennsylvania
in front of Van Pelt Library 		Stainless steel 156 x 104 x 3 in IAS [49]
Reverend George Whitefield R. Tait McKenzie 1914-18 University of Pennsylvania
Quadrangle, 3700 Spruce Street 		Bronze sculpture, limestone base 96 x 42 x 24 in IAS 77001606[50]
No. 3 Williamsburg Series (Engman) Robert Engman 1963 University of Pennsylvania
3812 Walnut Street 		39°57′12″N 75°11′58″W / 39.9534°N 75.1995°W / 39.9534; -75.1995 (No. 3 Williamsburg Series) Stainless steel sculpture IAS PA000039[51]

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Be advised

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that when the SIRIS data base, in its listing, gives 1800 as a date it is not to be trusted. There are lots of errors in those dates. If an individual page gives a date it is going to be good but when you are looking at a whole list page, don't trust it. You have in this article aCivil War monument dated "1800." Think about it. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 04:06, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello,

We greatly appreciate being used as a source for this page. However, it is not accurate to state that "The Association for Public Art estimates the city has thousands of public artworks..." The link to this source of information is broken, and we do not state any such fact on our current website. Is it possible to change this? You are welcome to use our website as a resource. We have included a selection of outdoor sculptures here: https://www.associationforpublicart.org/explore/public-art/#list/all/

Assocpublicart (talk) 18:48, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Murals?

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How in the world does this page not mention or link to murals? 2A02:8109:8300:6EF0:0:0:0:C1E3 (talk) 21:35, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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