Major, (sculpture).

Major, (sculpture).

Fahlen, Charles, 1939- , sculptor.

Major, (sculpture).

Installed 1982. Dedicated April 27, 1988.

Sculpture: painted concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 25 x 10 x 3 ft. (53,000 lbs.).

An abstract sculpture resembling a giant human figure is made of thirty-seven rectangular building blocks. The blocks are painted red, yellow, and black. A square opening in the center of the sculpture forms a child's size archway.

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Administered by City of Philadelphia, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, Percent for Art, 1234 Market Street, 8th floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

Administered by American Postal Worker's Union,

Located 801 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The initiator for the sculpture was the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia. The sculpture was installed as part of the Redevelopment Authority's percent for fine arts program. IAS files contain an excerpt from Penny Balkin Bach's "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 249.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.

Bach, Penny Balkin "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 249.

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