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Kimmelman, Harold,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Decline and Rise, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kimmelman, Harold, 1923- , sculptor.
Title:
Decline and Rise, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned April 1968. Installed Oct. 1969.
Medium:
Sculpture: stainless steel; Base: possibly concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 65 in. W. 57 in. (1 ton).
Inscription:
unsigned
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Philadelphia, Department of Recreation, Municipal Services Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Located West Mill Greenway, 51st & Reno Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The piece was commissioned by the architect Edward Maurer of George Neff Associates, landscape architects. The sculpture is located on a playground at West Mill Greenway. The SOS! surveyor notes that the base medium was once brick, but is now possibly concrete.
References:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 326.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 326.
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 88320114
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