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Milkweed Pod, (sculpture). Artist:  Fitz-Gerald, Clark Battle, 1917-2004, sculptor. Title:  Milkweed Pod, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1965. Installed 1966. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Pod: copper; Seeds: stainless steel; Basin: granite and painted concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 252 in.; Basin: H. 16 in. Diam 196 in. Subject:  Object -- Foliage -- Milkweed Abstract Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Rohm and Haas Company, Market Street, between 6th & 7th, Courtyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Funds for this piece were provided through the Redevelopment Authority's one percent Fine Arts Program. Inscription on brass plaque set into the brick courtyard north of fountain reads: Milkweed Pod/a sculpture in copper and stainless steel by/Clark B. Fitz Gerald/1965. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Institute of Contemporary Art, 1976. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 333. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 235. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Fitz-Gerald, Stephen, 2007. Illustration:  Image on file. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 333. 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 77001318   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77001318 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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