Artwork
Hudson Bay Wolves
(1872)
by
Edward Kemeys (1843-1907)
Philadelphia Zoo, near Bear Country (bear pits); zoo admission (fee) required to view this sculpture
This group of two wolves fighting over a carcass was the first official acquisition of the newly established Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art).
Phil Sumpter’s 7-foot bronze centerpiece of a Negro Leagues player commemorates Negro League baseball, particularly the Philadelphia Stars, which played in a nearby field.
Commissioned by the Rittenhouse Square Improvement Association in memory of Evelyn Taylor, who was the organization’s president as well as the long-term president of the Flower Market Association.
Artwork
Giant Frog
(1941)
by
Cornelia Van Auken Chapin (1893 - 1972)
Rittenhouse Square, Walnut Street between 18th and 19th Streets
A large frog sits at rest in Rittenhouse Square, apparently in concentration.
Located at the southwest entrance of Rittenhouse Square, these two stone Greyhound sculptures were donated and installed in 1988 by friends of the late art collector and curator Henry P. McIlhenny.
One of the Rittenhouse Square’s newer works, “Gardener’s Cottage Gates” was commissioned by the Friends of Rittenhouse Square as a memorial to longtime board member and resident Patty Hogan.
“The Lioness” was exhibited in the French Salon of 1886 before its acquisition by the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art).
Artwork
Religious Liberty
(1876)
by
Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844 - 1917)
Near National Museum of American Jewish History, 55 North 5th Street
“Religious Liberty” was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1876, in Fairmount Park and later relocated by the B’nai B’rith in 1984 to a site near the National Museum of American Jewish History and the Liberty Bell.
Artwork
Law, Prosperity, and Power
(1880)
by
Daniel Chester French (1850 - 1931)
South George's Hill Drive, grounds of the Mann Center for the Performing Arts (enclosed behind fencing)
Commissioned for the U.S. Post Office and Federal Building in Philadelphia, Law, Prosperity, and Power used a lyrical form to idealize government.
Four 19-ton glass and steel torches tower more than 40 feet on each corner of Broad Street and Washington Avenue.