Four Wall Reliefs, (sculpture).

Four Wall Reliefs, (sculpture).

Sugarman, George, 1912-1999, sculptor.

Four Wall Reliefs, (sculpture).

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Aluminum plate, painted.

Approx. 12 x 52 1/2 x 1 1/2 ft.

The sculpture consists of four wall panels of abstract, environmental patterns, recessed beneath a lighted overhang on the side of the hospital. From left to right: Panel 1 has three zigzag shapes in blue. Panel 2 resembles an abstract flower with black, petal-like pieces, a high, wide green arc, and a smaller central arc in orange. Panel 3 contains three wide, ribbon-like pieces going from the upper left corner diagonally over to the right edge and bottom. The color is predominantly light blue, with yellow shading on the underside. Panel 4 features two green arc-like forms in the upper left, brown wave-like forms moving diagonally from the bottom to the upper right corner.

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Architectural component

Wills Eye Hospital, Public Relations, 9th & Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

The sculpture was initiated by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.

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