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Don Quijote de la Mancha
Joaquin Garcia Donaire,
1966 (installed)
* Statue of Don Quixote
* seated person,
horse,
spear and shield
* The inscription is in Spanish on one side of the base and mostly in English on the other. This is the English inscription.
* inscription:
This is an exact replica of the original sculpture by the artist
Joaquin Garcia Donaire located in Ciudad Real - Spain.
The statue has been presented by the Excma Diputacion de Ciudad Real to
the City of Philadelphia as a token of friendship and understanding
between our two cultures.
* Middle of 2nd, North of Girard.
* 39.969790,-75.139610 [map] [nearby]
* On the Northern Liberties tour
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+garciadonaire.es
+wikipedia.org's Don Quixote page
History In Motion
Eric Okdeh,
2004
* big
musical instruments,
buildings,
partial people,
plants,
groups of people,
standing people,
sitting people
wearing hats,
balloon,
turtle,
tiger,
El cars and trolleys
* The extreme horizontal proportion and the level of detail
on this piece combined with the slanted sidewalk and
number of people hanging around outside
make it difficult to capture accurately on camera.
The pictures are in order left to right with some overlap
on the wider panels. The last picture is a detail to
show the level of pixelization provided by the tiles.
* Wall.
District Health Center Six.
North side of Girard between 3rd and 4th.
* 39.969975,-75.141900 [map] [nearby]
* On the Northern Liberties tour
* Exhibits: Mosaic,
Mass Transit
* See also:
+ericokdeh.com