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Philly: Fit for a Queen – The Globe and Mail

Shakespeare Memorial by Alexander Stirling Calder
Alexander Stirling Calder’s Shakespeare Memorial is a part of Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO. Photo Caitlin Martin © 2010 for the Association for Public Art.

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Philadelphia has more outdoor sculpture than any other city in the U.S., and this audio tour explains all 51 pieces of public art, including works by Rodin, three generations of Calders, Claes Oldenburg, Henry Moore and Jacques Lipchitz. The free tour can be accessed by phone, as a downloaded app or online. 215-399-9000; www.museumwithoutwallsaudio.org

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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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