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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:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder 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
* 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:
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

The Journeyer
Lindsay Daen, 1975
* standing person, walking stick
* 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
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Lindsay Daen page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page

The Wrestlers
Francois Barbedienne, 1885
* small people not standing
* Used to be located outside Memorial hall. The last picture is from that location. This is a small bronze reproduction of a much earlier work. Artistic credit is given here to the bronze founder.
* 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
+wikipedia.org's Francois Barbedienne page
+myphillypark.org's Horticulture Center page