Kites
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Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building
Lee Lawrie,
1926 - 1927
* Building renamed in honor of Raymond G. Perelman
and
Ruth Perelman
* big
people
standing
sitting,
furniture,
weapons,
kite,
ships,
tools and machines,
dogs,
horses,
alligators,
elephants,
owls,
squirrels,
buildings,
trains,
plants,
symbols and words
* Originally an insurance building. Donated to the Art Museum by the Perelmans. The pictures here are only a representative sampling of the art.
* inscription:
Pennsylvania side:
In the honor and perpetuity of the family is founded the state. In the nobler life of the household is the nobler life of mankind.
26th side:
He labors best who loves best : the finest work of a man's life is to open the doors of opportunity to those who depend on him.
* The whole building.
Northwest corner of Fairmount and Pennsylvania.
* On the Parkway tour.
* See also:
+Museum press release about the donation
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+Max Buten's picture of one of the reliefs
+Another Max Buten picture of one of the reliefs
+wikipedia.org's Lee Lawrie page
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Benjamin Franklin and His Kite
Agnes Yarnell,
1965
* Statue of Benjamin Franklin
* small
standing person,
kite
* Coxe Park.
South Side of Cherry, just East of 22nd.
* See also:
+The Electric Franklin
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Tetrahedron Kite
David Caccia,
1976
* abstract
kite
* On a wall.
East side of 3rd South of Spring Garden, facing South.
* On the Northern Liberties tour.
* See also:
+cacciastudio.com
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Bolt of Lightning
Isamu Noguchi,
1984
* Representation of an act of Benjamin Franklin
* big
kite,
lightening,
key
* At the foot of the Ben Franklin Bridge.
6th and Vine.
* On the Independence Mall tour.
* See also:
+ushistory.org page for this piece
+Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
+The Electric Franklin
+wikipedia.org's Benjamin Franklin Bridge page
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Big Ben at Franklin Town
Alexander L. Generalis,
Tom Miles,
1992
* Bust of Benjamin Franklin
* big
head,
lightning bolts,
arch,
kite,
implied keys
* The eight seat-sized posts each have a letter inscribed on top, spelling out FRANKLIN.
* Bridge over 1-676.
17th and Vine.
* On the Franklin Town tour.
* See also:
+Miles and Generalis, Inc.
+The Electric Franklin
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