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    		• Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Penn, William
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Welcome Park, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Welcome Park, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1982.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble, red and blue granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 2 ft.; Base: approx. 12 ft. x 12 ft. 4 in. x 12 ft. 4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base:) THE FRIENDS OF INDEPENDENCE/NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK 1982/WELCOME/PARK/IS DEDICATED TO/WILLIAM PENN/GENEROUS FRIENDS OF WELCOME PARK (list of names)
    Description: 
    A small statue of William Penn is installed on a tall circular stone base at the entrance to Welcome Park.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Penn, William -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Colonizer
    Occupation -- Political -- Statesman
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
    Located Welcome Park, 100 block of South Second Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was initiated by the Friends of Independence National Historical Park.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 PA001148
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