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Sundial
Alexander Stirling Calder,
1903
* people
kneeling,
sundials,
zodiac signs,
hat
* inscription:
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your lord will come.
* Center of the central promenade in the Horticulture Center.
Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont..
* 39.983175,-75.212650 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page
+publicartarchive.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page
Goethe
Heinrich Manger,
1890
* Statue of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
* standing person,
rolled paper
* North side near the East end of the central promenade in the Horticulture Center.
Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont.
* 39.983725,-75.212010 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+fr.wikipedia.org's Heinrich Manger page (in French)
+wikipedia.org's Goethe page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page
Schiller
Heinrich Manger,
1885 (installed 1886)
* Statue of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
* two standing people,
one winged,
torch,
sitting person,
tree stump,
quill
* South side near the East end of the central promenade under a tree in the Horticulture Center.
Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont..
* 39.982750,-75.211800 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+fr.wikipedia.org's Heinrich Manger page (in French)
+wikipedia.org's Schiller page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page
Gambol II: Mare and Foal
Robert David Lasus,
1992
* horses
* South side of the West end of the central promenade in the Horticulture Center.
Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont.
* 39.982700,-75.213850 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page
Shofuso Japanese Lanterns
* lanterns
* visible through the fence along Belmont Drive
* Shofuso Japanese House and Garden.
Belmont Drive between Horticulture and Lansdowne.
* 39.981200,-75.212800 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified Artists
* See also:
+japanphilly.org/shofuso
Night
Edward Stauch,
1872
* standing person,
hooded
* Near the Southwest corner of Horticulture Hall In a small garden on the South side of the Horticulture Center.
Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont..
* 39.982800,-75.210725 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page
Giuseppe Verdi
Ettore Ferrari,
1907
* Bust of Guiseppe Verdi
* head,
seated person,
violin
* At the intersection where Horticulture Drive splits near the Southeast corner of Horticulture Hall at the East end of the Horticulture Center.
Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont..
* 39.983100,-75.209500 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Ettore Ferrari page
+wikipedia.org's Giuseppe Verdi page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page
The Journeyer
Lindsay Daen,
1975
* standing person,
walking stick
* Originally installed at the General Accident building on the South side of Walnut West of 4th. The plaque at the current location does not say when it was moved.
* inscription:
General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation Ltd.
Dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America and to the great journey upon which this nation is engaged.
Erected June 5, 1975 in cooperation with the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia
* Just East of Horticulture Hall on the East end of the Horticulture Center.
Horticultural Drive. East of Belmont.
* 39.983500,-75.209500 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's image of this piece in its original location
+wikipedia.org's Lindsay Daen page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page
The Wrestlers
Ferdinand Barbedienne,
1885 (French cast of 100-1 BC Roman copy of 400-301 BC Greek original)
* small
people
not standing
* Originally located outside Memorial hall. The last picture is from that location.
* Parking lot entrance North of the Northeast corner of Horticulture Hall in the Horticulture Center.
Horticulture Drive, East of Belmont.
* 39.984250,-75.209950 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* Exhibits: Athletic,
Moved
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Ferdinand Barbedienne page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page
Franz Schubert
Henry Baerer,
1891
* Bust of Franz Schubert
* head,
people
standing,
cherubs,
musical instruments,
plants
* inscription:
Grand Prize awarded to the German Singers of Philadelphia Newark, N.J. 4-8ten Juli 1891
* In the middle of the East end loop of the Horticulture Center.
Horticulture Drive, East of Belmont.
* 39.983550,-75.209125 [map] [nearby]
* On the West Park tour
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Henry Baerer page
+wikipedia.org's Franz Schubert page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page
