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Pegasus, (sculpture). Artist:  Pilz, Vincenz, sculptor. Title:  Pegasus, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1863. Installed 1876. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Each sculpture: bronze; Each base: stone. Dimensions:  2 sculptures. Each sculpture: approx. 105 x 90 x 240 in.; Each base: approx. 105.0 x 180.5 x 235 in. Description:  Monumental gateway to Memorial Hall is flanked by two almost mirror images of the winged horse, Pegasus. Each Pegasus is accompanied by a classically-draped female figure representing the muses Erato (love poetry) carrying a scroll and Calliope (epic poetry) carrying a lyre. The muse, Calliope holds the lyre in the crook of her bent proper left arm. She strides along with Pegasus on her proper left side and her proper right arm reaching out to the right front flank of Pegasus. The muse, Erato, strides along with Pegasus on her proper right. She holds a rolled scroll down at her side in her proper left hand. Her proper right arm is extended along the front left flank of Pegasus. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Pegasus Mythology -- Classical -- Muse Mythology -- Classical -- Erato Mythology -- Classical -- Calliope Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lyre Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131 Located Fairmount Park, North Concourse Drive in front of Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131 Provenance:  Formerly located Imperial Opera House, Vienna Austria Remarks:  The two sculptures were originally created for Austria's Imperial Opera House in Vienna, but when they were installed, they seemed too large for the building. They were removed and the foundry was able to sell them to Philadelphia businessman Robert H. Gratz who then offered them to the Fairmount Park Commission. The sculptures were installed in the front of Memorial Hall in time for the Centennial Exposition of 1876. The image in the Fairmount Park Art Association publication is of only one sculpture of Pegasus, the one with Erato. References:  Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 81. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 199. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 81. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 199. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS PA000012   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000012 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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