Butterflies and Other Insects
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City Hall, East Pavilion
Alexander Milne Calder,
1873 - 1893
* beaver,
crane and owl,
butterfly,
plants,
elephant head,
dragon heads,
City Hall tower,
city seal,
ship,
plow and scales,
scrolls,
standing people,
reclining people,
heads,
headgear
* Part of the whole building's art.
East entrance City Hall.
Market at Juniper.
* On the City Hall tour.
* Exhibits: New
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Milne Calder page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's City Hall page
+wikipedia.org's City Hall page
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University Museum Medallions
John Ross,
1899
* two people,
one standing,
one sitting,
headgear,
scarab
* Walls of the Lower Courtyard.
Penn Museum.
South side of South, East of 33rd.
* On the Penn Campus tour.
* See also:
+Penn Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
+information about the history of the building
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Rittenhouse Square Fountain
Paul Philippe Cret,
1913
* small
head,
turtles,
insects,
snail,
otter?,
fountain
* Center of Rittenhouse Square.
Southwest from 18th and Walnut.
* On the Rittenhouse Square tour.
* Exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+The Paul Philippe Cret Collection at upenn.edu
+wikipedia.org's Rittenhouse Square page
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Butterfly
Harold Kimmelman,
1970
* big
abstract
butterfly
* South side of Delancey West of 2nd.
* On the Penn's Landing tour.
* See also:
+hksculpt.com
+Harold Kimmelman @ philasculptors.org
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Wissahickon Valley Gate
Christopher T. Ray,
1979
* plants,
owl,
insect
* Gate.
South end of Chestnut Park.
North side of Chestnut, West of 17th.
* On the Rittenhouse Square tour.
* See also:
+chrisray.com
+Chestnut Park page from asla.org
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Metamorphosis
Joshua Sarantitis,
2001
* big
butterflies
* The mural is included on this site because of the butterflies, which were cut from metal by men from the Ridge Avenue Shelter
* Wall.
Southwest side of Ridge, Southeast of Broad and Fairmount.
* See also:
+artist's page for this piece
+hzgstudio.org
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Butterfly Fence
2006
* big
butterflies,
misquoted poetry
* Echoes the butterflies from the adjoining Alex's Lemonade Stand Mural shown in the last picture.
The actual inscription on the fence is a misquote of a poem attributed elsewhere to Marjorie Wright Miller,
with "Grabs" instead of "Garbs" and an extraneous apostrophe in "its".
* inscription:
(along Lancaster Ave.)
The smallest flower that breathes but a day
Distills its fragrance into sweet perfume
Garbs itself with grace in bright array.
Exquisite,
brief intensity in bloom.
Whether the notes of life are short or long,
From end to end what matters is the song.
* Fence.
Parrish and Lancaster.
* Exhibits: Unidentified
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Metamorphosis
Cheryl Levin,
Robert Phillips,
2006
* big
insects,
building (Girard College),
elephant,
food (including a mug of beer),
giraffe,
gorilla,
partial
standing person,
musical instrument,
plants,
ship,
sun and moon,
tiger,
tools,
train and trolley,
water
* The insects are by Phillips, the mosaics are by Levin and Mural Corps youth.
* inscription:
a sculptural and mosaic
public art project
dedicated to the community
and its cycles of change
* Railroad crossing bridge.
Girard between 31st and Poplar Drive.
* See also:
+artist's picture of the insects
+phillipsmetal.com
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