Artwork

Artwork

Two Lines

(1988)

by George Rickey (1907 - 2002)

Morris Arboretum, 9414 Meadowbrook Avenue

A tapering steel rod with two 30-foot arms that rotate slowly in the breeze at the Morris Arboretum.

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Wilt Chamberlain

(2004)

by Omri Amrany (b. 1954)

Southeast corner of the Wells Fargo Center, 11th Street south of Pattison Avenue

A sculpture of the former 7-foot-1 Philadelphia 76er outside of the Wells Fargo Center.

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King Solomon

(1968)

by Alexander Archipenko (1887 - 1964)

University of Pennsylvania, 36th Street Walkway south of Walnut Street

In 1985 this majestic bronze came to the University of Pennsylvania campus on extended loan from the parents of a Penn student.

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Thorfinn Karlsefni

(1918)

by Einar Jónsson (1874 - 1954)

Currently in storage

Einar Jónsson’s sculpture of the Icelandic hero Thorfinn Karlsefni, who is said to have visited America’s shores as early as 1004. Little is known of Karlsefni except what is recorded in the “Saga of Eric the Red.”

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The Pilgrim

(1904)

by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 - 1907)

Kelly Drive at Lemon Hill Drive

The New England Society of Pennsylvanians asked Augustus Saint-Gaudens to make a replica of “The Puritan” located in Springfield, Massachusetts for the city of Philadelphia. Gaudens made some changes in the figure’s dress and adjusted the facial characteristics for “The Pilgrim.”

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John Paul Jones

(1957)

by Walker Kirtland Hancock (1901 - 1998)

William M. Reilly Memorial: Revolutionary War Heroes, terrace northwest of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, at Waterworks Drive

In a 1779 battle, Captain of the Continental navy, John Paul Jones captured a British ship and famously said, “I have not yet begun to fight.”

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General Casimir Pulaski

(1947)

by Sidney Waugh (1904 - 1963)

William M. Reilly Memorial: Revolutionary War Heroes (1938-1961) Terrace northwest of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, at Waterworks Drive

Opposite the Montgomery monument in the William M. Reilly Memorial is a stern, sword-wielding portrait of General Casimir Pulaski, a Polish nobleman who served under George Washington during the American Revolution.

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General Richard Montgomery

(1946)

by J. Wallace Kelly (1894 - 1976)

William M. Reilly Memorial: Revolutionary War Heroes; Terrace northwest of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, at Waterworks Drive

General Richard Montgomery’s career was both spectacular and short. In 1772 he emigrated to the American colonies, and when the Revolutionary War broke out he was commissioned a brigadier general.

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George Washington

(1790, cast 1922)

by Jean Antoine Houdon (1741 - 1828)

Washington Square, Walnut Street between 6th and 7th Streets

Jean Antoine Houdon’s full-figure sculpture of George Washington in Washington Square Park.