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This is a list of public art in Philadelphia. The Fairmount Park Art Association estimates that there are 1700 works of public art in the city. The Smithsonian lists over 700 works.
This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.
Most of the works mentioned are sculptures. When this is not the case (i.e. sound installation, for example) it is stated next to the title.
Artworks
editTitle | Image | Artist | Year | Location | Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner | |
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128 | Tasty Baking Company Building | September 8, 2011 | 2801 West Hunting Park Avenue 40°0′25.5″N 75°10′31″W / 40.007083°N 75.17528°W |
Hunting Park Industrial Area | |||||
36 | Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed | September 8, 2011 | 1001 South 15th Street 39°56′20.5″N 75°10′4″W / 39.939028°N 75.16778°W |
Southwest Center City | |||||
Mail Delivery (West -Cowboy - One of Four) |
Edmond Amateis | 1941 | U.S. Post Office and Court House | 39°51′16″N 86°4′40″W / 39.85444°N 86.07778°W | Granite | 108 x 120 in. | General Services Administration[1] | ||
General George G. Meade (Calder) | Alexander Milne Calder | 1881 | City Hall[2] | 39°51′16″N 86°4′40″W / 39.85444°N 86.07778°W | Bronze | 11 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. x 12 ft | owner[3][4][5] | ||
Major General George Gordon Meade, (French) | Daniel Chester French | 1899 | location | 39°51′16″N 86°4′40″W / 39.85444°N 86.07778°W | Bronze | 8 x 4 x 3 ft | owner[6] | ||
General Ulysses S. Grant (French) | Daniel Chester French | 1898 | Kelly Drive | 39°51′16″N 86°4′40″W / 39.85444°N 86.07778°W | Bronze | 174 in | owner[7][8][9] | ||
Cowboy (Remington) | Frederick Remington | 1908 | Kelly Drive | 39°51′16″N 86°4′40″W / 39.85444°N 86.07778°W | Bronze | 144 in. W. 131 in | owner[10][11][12][13][14] | ||
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock (Ward) | John Quincy Adams Ward | 1910 | Fairmount Park | 39°51′16″N 86°4′40″W / 39.85444°N 86.07778°W | Bronze | 15 x 7 x 10 ft | owner[15] | ||
Major General George B. McClellan, (Potter) | Edward clark Potter | 1911 | location | 39°51′16″N 86°4′40″W / 39.85444°N 86.07778°W | Bronze | 10 x 4 x 10 ft | owner[16] | ||
Anthony Wayne, (Gregory) | John Gregory | 1937 | Philadelphia Museum of Art | 39°57.884′N 75°10.856′W / 39.964733°N 75.180933°W | Gilded Bronze | 130 1/2 x 54 x 46 in | owner[17][18][19][20] | ||
1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia Spirit of '61 |
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown | 1911 | The Union League, 140 South Broad Street, Philadelphia | metal: bronze Bronze | IAS 76005394[21][22][23][24][25] | ||||
Five Spouts, Frog and Lintel | Unknown (Javanese) | 1100 | stone: volcanic rock Sculptures: gray volcanic rock; Bases: granite | IAS PA000616[26][27][28] | |||||
Abraham Lincoln (Kemeys) | Edward Kemeys | 1843 | metal: bronze Bronze | IAS 75009288[29] | |||||
Admiral George W. Melville | Samuel Murray | 1923 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite | IAS 88320105[30] | |||||
Agriculture (Mueller) | Augustus Max Johannes Mueller | 1876 | metal: zinc Sculpture: zinc, painted green | IAS PA000162[31] | |||||
Alexander Von Humboldt (Drake) | Frederich Drake | 1871 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite; Lower base: stone pavers | IAS 75009305[32] | |||||
The Amazon (Kiss) | August Kiss | 1837 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone | IAS PA000011[33] | |||||
Apollo (unknown) | Unknown | 1870 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble or granite | IAS 88320057[34] | |||||
Arch (Cret) | Paul Philippe Cret | 1910 | stone: granite Granite | IAS 77001734[35] | |||||
Art (Mueller) | Augustus Max Johannes Mueller | 1876 | metal: zinc Sculpture: zinc, painted white; Base: lead coated copper | IAS PA000161[36] | |||||
Benjamin Franklin in 1723 | R. Tait McKenzie | 1914 | metal: bronze Figure: bronze; Base: limestone and granite | IAS 77001605[37] | |||||
Benjamin Franklin (Boyle) | John J. Boyle | 1899 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze with patina; Base: granite | IAS 76005268[38] | |||||
Bicycle Boy | Thomas Wood | 1896 | stone: marble White marble | IAS PA000614[39] | |||||
Billy (Laessle) | Albert Laessle | 1914 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone | IAS 88320080[40] | |||||
Bishop Matthew Simpson | Unknown | 1896 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite | IAS 88320064[41] | |||||
Black Forest (Fredenhal) | Robinson Fredenthal | 1983 | metal: steel Sculpture: steel plate, painted black; Base: stainless steel on concrete foundation | IAS PA000032[42] | |||||
Boy Scout (McKensie) | R. Tait McKenzie | 1915 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone | IAS 88320102[43] | |||||
Bucks County War Memorial | John Bateman | 1922 | metal: bronze Fountain: bronze; Basin: limestone (?) | IAS PA000625[44] | |||||
Buddha (unknown) | Unknown | 1800 | stone: Sculpture: stone; Base: concrete | IAS PA000132[45] | |||||
Buddha "Siddhartha Gautama" (Nevin) | Blanche Nevin | 1900 | concrete: cement Sculpture: cement with quartz crystals; Base: cement | IAS PA000176[46] | |||||
James Garfield (Saint-Gaudens) | Augustus Saint-Gaudens | 1885 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite | IAS 75009283[47] | |||||
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain | Herman Kirn | 1876 | stone: marble Sculptures: marble; Base: granite | IAS 75009303[48] | |||||
Cats (Mitchell) | Henry Mitchell | 1974 | metal: bronze Cats: bronze; Fountain: granite (?) | IAS PA000385[49] | |||||
Center Device (Van Houten) | Harold D. Van Houten | 1993 | mixed: Concrete and Cor-Ten steel | IAS PA000208[50] | |||||
Central Post (totem) | Charlie James | 1850 | wood: cedar Totem: cedar; Pedestal: stainless steel | IAS PA000619[51] | |||||
[[Ce | Charles Allen Smith (Moitz) | Francis P. Moitz | 1917 | stone: granite Granite | IAS 75009368[52] | ||||
Charles Lea Memorial | Alexander Stirling Calder | 1906 | IAS 76005582[53] | ||||||
Charles Lennig (Boyle) | John J. Boyle | 1900 | metal: bronze Bust: bronze with patina; Base: granite | IAS 77001625[54] | |||||
Children Playing (Pinto) | Sarala Ruth Pinto | 1800 | metal: Sculpture: painted metal; Base: painted metal | IAS 75009389[55] | |||||
Chinese Water Stone (sculpture) | Unknown | 1900 | stone: Greystone | IAS 74910004[56] | |||||
Civil War Memorial (Tarr) | H. S. Tarr | 1865 | stone: Sculpture: stone; Base: stone | IAS PA001084[57] | |||||
Civil War Memorial (Leach) | Joseph B. Leach | 1869 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: Quincy granite | IAS PA001459[58] | |||||
Civil War Monument (sculpture) | Unknown | 1887 | stone: granite Sculpture: granite; Base: granite | IAS PA000108[59] | |||||
Civil War Soldier (Milmore) | Martin Milmore | 1872 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite | IAS PA000125[60] | |||||
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument | Unknown | 1909 | stone: granite Sculpture: granite; Base: limestone | IAS 88320058[61] | |||||
Civil War Soldiers' Monument (Lachmier) | John Lachmier | 1883 | stone: granite Sculpture: New England granite with capstone of granite from Gettysburg Battlefield; Base: granite; Plaques: bronze | IAS 88320047[62] | |||||
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Memorial (MacNeil) | Hermon A. MacNeil | 1921 | stone: marble Sculpture: Tennessee marble; Base: granite | IAS PA000010[63] | |||||
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Monument (sculpture) | Unknown | 1800 | IAS 75009309[64] | ||||||
Columbus Monument (Caroni) | Emanuele Caroni | 1875 | stone: marble Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: stone | IAS PA000620[65] | |||||
Columbus (sculpture) | Unknown | 1800 | stone: marble Marble | IAS 75009297[66] | |||||
Commodore John Barry (Murray) | Samuel Murray | 1906 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite | IAS 75009322[67] | |||||
Craig Memorial: Peter Pan | Harriet Whitney Frishmuth | 1880 | IAS 77002827[68] | ||||||
David Reeves (sculpture) | Unknown | 1871 | metal: bronze Sculpture: possibly bronze; Base: stone | IAS PA001165[69] | |||||
Diana (sculpture) | Unknown | 1800 | Philadelphia Museum of Art IAS 75009267[70] | ||||||
Diana (Saint-Gaudens) | Augustus Saint-Gaudens | 1892 | metal: copper Gilded shwwr copper | IAS 76007784[71] | |||||
Diana (sculpture) | Unknown | 1830 | stone: marble Marble on a granite base | IAS 88320013[72] | |||||
Dickens and Little Nell (Elwell) | Frank Edwin Elwell | 1890 | metal: bronze Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite | IAS 75009307[73] |
Equestrian statues
editfor reference later
- General George Gordon Meade by Alexander Milne Calder, 1887.
- Joan of Arc by Emmanuel Frémiet, 1890.
- General George B. McClellan by Henry Jackson Ellicott, 1894.
- Washington Monument by Rudolph Siemering, 1897.
- General John Fulton Reynolds by John Rogers, 1884.
- General Ulysses S. Grant by Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter, 1897.
- The Medicine Man, by Cyrus Dallin, 1899.
- Cowboy by Frederic Remington, 1908.
- General Winfield Scott Hancock by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1910.
- General George B. McClellan by Edward Clark Potter, 1912.
- General Anthony Wayne by John Gregory, 1937.
- Smith Memorial Arch
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George Washington Monument
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Medicine Man
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