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Fitz-Gerald, Clark Battle,
Object -- Foliage
Abstract
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
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
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Inventory of American Sculpture
77001318
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