Sculpture: bronze; Fountain basin: Belgian marble and concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Drexel University Drexel Museum Collection 33rd & Market Streets Quadrangle, between Chestnut & Market streets, 32nd & 33rd streets Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
Date:
Installed June 1968
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Drexel University Museum Collection, 1976.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 430.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 340.
Studio ILLE (?) 1968 / R BARNES (?) Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Large basin of Belgian marble blocks and concrete with sloping center pedestal surmounted by a bronze flame.
