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    		• Ray, Christopher T.,
     
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    		• Collins, John F.,
     
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    		• Walter, Carl F., III,
     
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    		• Boles, Elmore J., Jr.,
     
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    		• Delta Group,
     
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    		• Unknown (Canada),
     
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    		• Waterscape -- River
     
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    		• Architecture -- Detail
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
     
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    Wissahickon Valley Gate, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ray, Christopher T., 1937- , sculptor.
    Collins, John F., landscape architect.
    Walter, Carl F., III, architect.
    Boles, Elmore J., Jr., engineer.
    Delta Group, landscape architect.
    Genus, design firm.
    Unknown (Canada), founder.
    Title: 
    Wissahickon Valley Gate, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Chestnut Gate, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1979. Dedicated 1979.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Gate: forged iron.
    Dimensions: 
    Gate: approx. 8 x 8 x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On each beam of the frame of the gate:) CANADA unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A large gate mounted on a concrete wall. To open the gate, one slides it sideways, so that it rests in front of the wall, revealing the entrance. The black, forged iron twists into representations of trees, animals, and rocks. Represented in the lower proper left corner are three rocks, covered with organic growth. There are many different kinds of leaves and trees. The two main groups appear slightly off center, one to the proper left and one to the proper right from the vertical center. Some of the plants represented have spotted leaves and some have round leaves. There are also two kinds of slotted leaves, twisted leaves on the right and left sides from the gate's handles. A bird, fish, frog, snale, grasshopper, lizard, dragonfly, owl and a figure fighting a snake can be seen in the imagery of the gate.
    Subject: 
    Waterscape -- River -- Wissahickon Creek
    Architecture -- Detail -- Gate
    Animal -- Bird -- Owl
    Animal -- Fish
    Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog
    Animal -- Other -- Snail
    Animal -- Insect -- Dragonfly
    Animal -- Reptile -- Lizard
    Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
    Animal -- Insect -- Praying Mantis
    Figure
    Object -- Foliage
    Object Type: 
    Gate
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Penjerdel Regional Foundation, 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
    Located Chestnut Park, Chestnut Street between 17th & 18th Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
    Remarks: 
    Inscription on nearby marker reads: Welcome to Chestnut Park and Relax./This place is dedicated to William Penn's vision of a "Greene/Country Towne" for the enjoyment of Philadelphians and guests./The plants and building materials are native to our region./They express its rich natural landscape./The Chestnut Gate symbolizes the animal and plant forms of/the Wissahickon Valley, and the Ranstead Gate evokes the/local Tidal Wetlands./Fountain gargoyles represent totems of the original Indian/residents of the region - A wolf for the munsee, a turtle for/the Unami and a turkey for the Unilachtigo. IAS files contain related article from the Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 1979, and a copy of the Chestnut Park design statement which both describe the imagery on the gate in great detail. Chestnut Park was designed by John F. Collins of The Delta Group. Architect Carl F. Walter, III and Engineer Elmore J. Boles, Jr. are also part of The Delta Group. Sculptor, Christopher T. Ray of the design group, Genus: Works of Art for Architectural Settings, created the Wissahickon Valley Gate and its companion gate at the other end of Chestnut Park, Estuary Gate. Chestnut Park was developed by Penjerdel Regional Foundation with funding from the William Penn Foundation.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Survey, 1993.
    Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 247.
    The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 1979.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 247.
    The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 1979.
    Related Works: 
    Companion to: PA000142.
    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 PA000141
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