Artwork Details
- Title
- Triune
- Artist
- Robert Engman (1927 – 2018)
- Year
- 1974
- Location
- 15th Street and South Penn Square
- Medium
- Bronze, on concrete base
- Dimensions
- Approximate dimensions: height 20′; width 18′ (base height 6'6″)
Artwork Description
Opposite City Hall, on a portion of sidewalk that juts toward the whizzing traffic, massive bronze curves interlock to form Robert Engman’s Triune. The three lobes are meant to symbolize the interdependence of people, government, and industry. The work on Triune involved a series of models and four separate castings at the Crown Foundry in Chester, Pennsylvania. Engman and apprentice Tom Cullen ground and polished the final cast themselves. The finished work weighs approximately 28,000 pounds. Commissioned jointly for this site by Girard Bank and the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company, the sculpture was installed in 1975.
Content on this page was adapted from Public Art in Philadelphia by Penny Balkin Bach (Temple University Press, 1992). Bach was the longtime Executive Director of the Association for Public Art, working with the organization from 1980 to 2022.
Artwork Credits
Commissioned by Girard Bank and Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company
Owned by the property owner