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Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: The Poet, (sculpture). Artist:  de Creeft, Jose, 1884-1982, sculptor. Title:  Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: The Poet, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Poet, (sculpture). Dates:  1954. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Salisbury pink granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 127 x 30.5 x 30 in.; Base: approx. 46 x 36 x 36 in. Inscription:  J. de CREEFT (Base, front:) POET/HE SHAPED OUR DREAMS (Base, right side:) JOSE DE CREEFT/SCULPTOR signed Description:  This work is one of four sculptures installed on the North Terrace that illustrates the "inner energies" which shaped this country. The Poet, a writer who shapes our imaginations, is a standing male figure dressed in classical drapery. He holds a scroll of his writings to his chest with his proper left hand and his proper right hand rests at his side. Sculpture rests on square base. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131 Coadministered by Fairmount Park Art Association, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Located Fairmount Park, Kelly Drive, south of Girard Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania References:  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, pg. 250-257. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 225. 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. 251. Related Works:  Companion to: 88320077 Companion to: 88320079 Companion to: 88320078 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 76009459   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76009459 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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