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    Eastwick Farmpark II - Man on Bench, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Sherman, Rosalie, 1946- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Eastwick Farmpark II - Man on Bench, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Eastwick Farmpark (Second Phase) - Man on Bench, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1985.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted sheet aluminum; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 55 x 54 x 35 in.; Base: (level with the ground) approx. 36 x 65 x 36 in.
    Description: 
    Stylized sculpture of a man sitting on a bench. He is situated on the right side of the bench with his proper right arm resting on the armrest of the right side of the bench. His proper left hand is resting on his proper left knee. His body is facing Crane Street, but his his head is turned towards his proper right facing 84th Street. He is painted a pinkish tan flesh color. He is wearing a red Phillies cap. His shirt is white and his pants are blue. His shoes are brown wing tips. The bench is gray. The paint surface is flat and shiny.
    Subject: 
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object -- Furniture -- Bench
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Philadelphia, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, Percent for Art, 1234 Market Street, 8th floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
    Located Eastwick, 84th & Crane Streets, southeast corner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    A plaque, now missing, was located on a rock at the corner of 84th and Crane Streets and featured an inscription which stated the name of the artist, the initiator (the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia), and a reference about the various developers of the Eastwick area who funded the project. Created as part of the Percent for Art program.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
    Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 167, 250.
    "Commissions," American Craft (Aug./Sept. 1986): pg. 64-65.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 167.
    "Commissions," American Craft (Aug./Sept. 1986): pg. 65.
    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 PA000068
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