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    		• Unknown (Greek),
     
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    		• Kerlis, Nikos,
     
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    		• Papayannis, Theodora,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Greek
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Charioteer of Delphi, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown (Greek), sculptor. (copy after)
    Kerlis, Nikos, sculptor.
    Papayannis, Theodora, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Charioteer of Delphi, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Original ca. 478. Cast. ca. 1977. Dedicated July 4, 1977.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: black marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 69 x 25 x 30 in.; Base: approx. H. 27 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On base plaque:) From the cradle of Democracy/in the Ancient world/to the cradle of Democracy/in the new world/From the people of Greece/to the people of America/Judge Gregory G. Lagakos/Chairman/July 4, 1977 unsigned
    Description: 
    A standing male figure with his proper right arm extended; his proper left arm is cut off, just above the elbow. He is classically dressed in long robes. The sculpture stands on a low square base.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Greek
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Property, Municipal Services Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
    Located Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Northeast lawn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130
    Remarks: 
    This sculpture is a copy of one created ca. 478 B.C. by an unknown Greek artist. This copy was created by Nikos Kerlis and Theodora Papayannis, and is a gift of the government of Greece. The original was commissioned by Polyzalos, the Tyrant of Gela in Sicily, to thank Apollo for his charioteer's victory in Pythian Games. The original is in the museum in Delphi. IAS files contain an excerpt from Penny Balkin Bach's "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 245.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Bach, Penny Balkin "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 245.
    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 PA001128
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