All Wars Memorial to Penn Alumni, (sculpture).

All Wars Memorial to Penn Alumni, (sculpture).

Rudy, Charles, 1904-1986, sculptor.

Simon, Grant, architect.

All Wars Memorial to Penn Alumni, (sculpture).

War Memorial Flagpole, (sculpture).

1951. Dedicated Dec. 15, 1952.

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Figure group: bronze; Base: black granite.

Figure group: approx. H. 12 ft.; Base: approx. H. 8 ft. 3 in.

C. Rudy 1951 signed

This monument is the bronze cylindrical base of a flagpole. Five human figures, three men and two women, surround the cylinder. The figures are approximately 8 ft. tall and partially clothed. A male figure at front of sculpture, above insignia on base, extends his arms near his sides. His proper left arm touches the cylinder and his proper left leg is slightly bent. the next figure, in clockwise rotation, is a bare breasted woman draped in a full length skirt, feet exposed. Her proper right hand is placed on her hip and her proper left arm is extended near her side. Her proper right leg is slightly bent. Next, a male figure is holding a cloth with his proper right hand, his proper right arm is bent. His proper left arm is extended near his side and his proper right leg is bent. Next, a male figure bends his proper right arm and holds a scroll in his right hand. His proper left arm is extended near his side and his legs are apart. Next, a bare-breasted female figure is draped in a long skirt, feet exposed. Her proper right arm is bent and her right hand is near her abdomen. Her proper left is extended near her side.

These figure which surround the bronze cylindrical base stand on a circular bronze plinth. The plinth rests on an octagonal black granite base with two steps. Three flagstone steps lead to the small octagonal plaza where the monument is located. The rear portion of the plaza has a concrete wall with an inscription and a bench. Brick walls with concrete copings flank either side of this wall.

Allegory -- Civic -- War

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Administered by University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Curator, 100 College Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Located University of Pennsylvania, 33rd Street & Smith Walk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Gift of Walter H. Annenberg. Inscription on concrete wall near monument reads: The University of Pennsylvania/1740 To her sons who died in the service of their country 1950/A brood of sturdy men who stood for freedom and for truth/S. Weir Mitchell Class of 1848. Nearby marker reads: This memorial/presented by Walter H. Annenberg Class of 1931.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1992.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974.

University of Pennsylvania, University Archives, 1970.

Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 305.

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