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Located at: 20-22 39th Street - South Wall

Gross Area (square feet): 48 feet by 34 feet

Year Built: 2008

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Located at: the North wall of Chestnut Hall power house, 3900 Chestnut Street

Gross Area (square feet): 43 feet by 43 feet

Year Built: 1986

Architect: Eoin Kinnarney

Located: 40th Street, between Walnut Street and Locust Walk

Irregular shaped concrete and steel

Gross Area (square feet): 10 feet by 160 feet by 15 feet

Architect: Andrea Blum

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Located at: Schattner Building, Fonseca Garden

Gross Area (square feet): 7 feet

Year Built: 2004

Architect: Ulrich Pakker

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Located at: Evans Building Courtyard

Painted, red brown. 1,500 pound sculpture

Gross Area (square feet): 16 feet by 8 feet

Year Built: 1978

Architect: Shaw (M.D.): Ernest

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Located at: Locust Walk at 39th Street

This painted Cor-ten steel sculpture is red

Gross Area (square feet): 45 feet in height by 34 feet wide by 67 feet irregular depth. 5 major cylindrical units, 12 feet diameter sections.

Year Built: 1974

Architect: Alexander Liberman

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Located at: Pottruck Health & Fitness Center: 3701 Walnut Street

The Eight: 1930. The shell was designed as a light fixture and its overall design resembles a barracuda with coxwain at the tail end'. 'McKenzie was said to have rendered the crew individually.The Modern Discus Thrower: 1926. McKenzie selected a pose that shows 'the same moment of the throw as taken by Myron, the pause between the backward andforward swings'. Posed by Hector MacDonald, Penn student, at Ipswitch, Massachusetts,.The Plunger: 1925. Posed for by Mifflin Armstrong, a Penn swimmer. These three pieces were installed in the Pottruck Center in 2002.

Year Built: 2002

Architect: R. Tait McKenzie

Located at: Annenberg Center, Lobby

Nickel silver on monel metal.

Gross Area (square feet): 47 inches by 53 inches by 32 inches

Year Built: 1964

Architect: Seymour Lipton

Located at: 37th and Locust Walk: Class of '59 Plaza

Gross Area (square feet): 42 inches by 72 inches by 72 inches

Year Built: 1985

Architect: Bentivoglio and Lundgren

External Links: Penn Art Collection

Located at: 37th and Locust Walk, South East Corner

Figure seated on a park bench with pigeon. Other Name: Ben Franklin on Campus, Ben on a Bench

Gross Area (square feet): 49 inches by 71 inches by 4 inches

Year Built: 1987

Architect: George Lundeen

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Located at: Steinberg Conference Center

Cast Bronze with Patina finish. 460 lbs. #1 of edition of 5. Cast at Empire Bronze Art Foundry, Long Island City, New York (Brian Ramnarine 718-361-3006). Dedicated May, 1989.

Gross Area (square feet): 110 and a half inches in Height by 63 inches in Length by 11 and a half inches in Depth

Year Built: 1986

Architect: Thom Cooney Crawford

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Located at: Penn Veterinary Medicine at 39th StreetPenn Veterinary Medicine at 39th Street

Painted plate steel: red, green, yellow, black. 1,200 pounds

Gross Area (square feet): 120 inches by 90 inches by 96 inches

Year Built: 1982

Architect: Billie Lawless

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Located at: Quadrangle Dormitories, Upper Quad.

seated figure. circa 1910 through 1920

Gross Area (square feet): 64 inches by 40 inches by 52 inches

Year Built: 1915

Architect: Lynn Jenkins

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Located at: Quadrangle Dormitories, Upper Quad.

Methodist Alumni of Pennsylvania. SIG commission

Gross Area (square feet): 96 inches high

Year Built: 1918

Architect: R. Tait McKenzie

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Located at: Quadrangle Dormitory, North Arcade

Gross Area (square feet): 54 inches by 32 inches by 28 inches

Year Built: 1900

Architect: Alexander Calder

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Located at: Northeast corner Spruce Street and Woodland Walk

A gift from the Class of 1956, this half replicate of a Peter Witt trolley car (Peter Witt 8000-8534, J. G. Brill 1923-26), manufactured by the Gomaco Trolley Company, October 2006, is a symbol of a time when Penn students coexisted with a light rail transportation network crisscrossing the campus. One end of this trolley shell shelters the stairwell serving the current SEPTA 37th and Spruce Streets station platform and the other provides a nostalgic recreation of a period trolley interior.

Year Built: 2006

Architect: Gomaco Trolley Company

Located at: Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Atrium

Male figure - Installation date refers to re-installation after theft and recovery in 1986.

Year Built: 1979

Architect: Auguste Rodin

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Located at: Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Atrium

Suspension: Occupies 30 feet of vertical space (varies) by 20 feet wide by 150 feet long.

Gross Area (square feet): 360 inches by 240 inches by 1800 inches

Year Built: 1986

Architect: Nick Vidnovic

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Located at: Steinhart Plaza, Woodland Walk

3 pieces 14 foot diam 7 foot radius

Gross Area (square feet): 168 inches by 84 inches

Year Built: 1993

Architect: Anne Froehling

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Located at: Fagin Hall, west courtyard

Orange, yellow, green, blue, purple &, red, painted steel.

Gross Area (square feet): 6 pieces, each 144 inches high

Year Built: 1979

Architect: Ephraim Peleg

Located at: Fagin Hall, roof terrace

Gross Area (square feet): 28 and a half inches by 15 inches by 34 and a half inches

Year Built: 1987

Architect: Herbert Seiler

Located at: Fagin Hall, exterior court.

Year Built: 1987

Architect: Stephen Porter

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Located at: Nursing Education Building, exterior court

Year Built: 1975

Architect: Ernest Shaw (M.D.)

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Located at: T. G. Miller Plaza, Hamilton Walk, between HUP and Med Ed Bldg.

Painted mild steel. 4 pieces, irregular. Appears as cut from a single cylinder and separated.

Gross Area (square feet): 192' by 48' by 48'

Year Built: 1977

Architect: Robert Engman

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Located at: HUP, Spruce Street, in front of Gates Pavilion

Gross Area (square feet): 24 inches by 12 inches by 12 inches

Year Built: 1941

Architect: Evelyn B. Longman Batchelder

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Located at: Spruce Street, Admissions Walk

Twin Wrought Iron Gates, painted black.

Gross Area (square feet): 240 inches by 168 inches

Year Built: 1873

Architect: Unknown

Located at: South West corner of College Hall

On pedestal, 32 inches by 32 inches, Total 8 foot 8 inches high

Gross Area (square feet): 36 inches by 28 inches by 20 inches

Year Built: 1900

Architect: John J. Boyle

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Located at: Class of '55 Courtyard, Wynn Commons, Perelman Quadrangle

Seated Bronze figure on 42 inches Wide by 60 inches Depth granite base. Total 9 feet in Height

Gross Area (square feet): 65 inches by 44 inches by 55 inches

Year Built: 1895

Architect: Karl (William) Bittler

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Located at: Blanche Levy Park

Black painted, polygon form. Four 3 dimensional letters

Gross Area (square feet): 6 foot by 3 foot by 3 foot

Year Built: 1966

Architect: Robert Indiane

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Located at: Addams Hall Courtyard

Two gates, each with 8 horizontal bars supporting human hands engaged in aritistic endeavors . Each gate contains 27 representations.

Gross Area (square feet): Left Gate: 6 foot 7 inches by 3 foot 10 inches - Right Gate: 6 foot 7 inches by 3 foot 10 inches

Year Built: 2003

Architect: Mark Carsten Lueders

Located at: Annenberg School of Communications Lobby

Chrome Nickel Steel- welded sheet tubing. 35 pounds. Carrera marble base 48 inches by 20 inches by 20 inches w/motor, replaced 1985:1 rpm. Also: 'Memory of Moses Annenberg School of Communications Found'

Gross Area (square feet): 52 inches by 41 inches by 43 inches

Year Built: 1959

Architect: Jose De Rivera

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Located at: Annenberg School of Communications, Lobby

15 pieces in original installation, 1976. 1 percent money granted April 8th, 1975, $11,000.00. (possibly 10 pieces prior to Annenberg installation). Expanded to 18 painted wood pieces in 1985.

Gross Area (square feet): 180 inches by 180 inches

Year Built: 1976

Architect: Sam Maitin

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Located at: Annenberg Center, Lobby

Bronze- tensil spandrel. Ceiling hung.

Gross Area (square feet): 96 inches by 96 inches by 420 inches

Year Built: 1975

Architect: Harry Bertoia

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Located at: 36th & Sansom Streets

Gross Area (square feet): 180 inches

Year Built: 1957

Architect: Agustine Cardenas

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Located at: Law School Courtyard

50 leaves of various sizes on 5 main stems. Centered within granite pool

Gross Area (square feet): 3 feet by 3 feet

Year Built: 1993

Architect: Robert Lundgren

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Located at: 3401 Chestnut Street

Gross Area (square feet): 34 feet high

Year Built: 2007

Architect: Dennis Oppenheim

Located at: Hill Square

Environmental / Mixed. The Women's Sculpture Project transforms the Woodland Walk diagonal through Hill Square into a gateway to the University of Pennsylvania campus. Landscaping and lighting accentuate a poplar-lined, curving brick walkway integrated with 125 Years, a sculpture by Jenny Holzer comprised of granite elements inscribed with text commemorating 125 years of women at the University. At the path's midpoint, a wooden bridge crosses a low-lying area containing wetlands plantings.

Year Built: 2003

Architect: Jenny Holzer

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Located at: Labroatory for Research on the Structure of Matter, N.E. corner, 33rd & Walnut

Donated by the Graduate School of Fine Arts. To give online go to: giveto.psu.edu

Gross Area (square feet.): 5 foot 9 inches by 5 foot 9 inches by 5 foot 9 inches

Year Built: 1992

Architect: : Bathsheba L. Grossman

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Located at: 3205 Walnut Street

Black painted, polygon form. Originally located in Blanche Levy Park in 1976, the sculpture has been refurbished and in 2013 is relocated to the green front lawn of the Singh Center For Nanotechnology.

Gross Area (square feet): 126 inches by 126 inches by 126 inches

Year Built: 1966

Architect: Tony Smith

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Located at: 33rd Street at Shoemaker Green

A 6 figure grouping on 17 foot, hexagonal granite base. Pole is 84 feet high.In November 1952, Harold E. Stassen, President of the University, led the dedicatory exercises on a rainy Saturday afternoon just before the Army vs. Penn football game of that year., The timing of the ceremony guaranteed a huge crowd and nation-wide press coverage., The printed program carried this title: ",Dedication of the War Memorial Honoring the Sons of the University Who Died in the Service of their Country."

Gross Area (square feet): 120' high x 84' diameter

Year Built: 1951

Architect: Charles Rudy

Other Name: All Wars Memorial

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Located at: North Arcade, Franklin Field

Heroic standing figure.

Gross Area (square feet): 78 and a half inches by 24 inches by 24 inches

Year Built: 2012

Architect: Brian Hanlon

Located at: Franklin Field

70 inches, Height by 20 inches, Wide by 40 inches, Depth Bronze sculpture cast by Laran Foundry on 48 inches, Height by 52 inches, Wide by 50 inches, Depth Granite/limestone base, installed October 15th, 2002.

Gross Area (square feet): 70 inches by 20 inches by 40 inches

Year Built: 2001

Architect: John Horn

Located at: Weightman Hall on 33rd Street.

aka Benjamin Franklin 1/23. 96 inches high. Striding full figure. Pedestal by Paul P. Cret. 1910-1914

Gross Area (square feet): 96 inches high

Year Built: 1910-1914

Architect: R. Tait McKenzie

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Located at: University Museum, Entrance Gateway. South Side of Upper Gate, above arch.

1 of 4 companion pieces- 'America','Africa', 'Asia','Europe'.

Gross Area (square feet): 7 inches high

Year Built: 1931

Architect: Alexander Calder

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Located: University Museum, Entrance Gateway. North Side of Upper Gate, above arch

1 of 4 companion pieces- 'America','Africa', 'Asia','Europe'.

Gross Area (square feet): 76 inches high

Year Built: 1931

Architect: Alexander Calder

Located at: University Museum, North side of east courtyard, on south facade of enclosure wall.

Gross Area (square feet): 115 inches by 108 inches by 37 inches

Year Built: 1920

Architect: Alexander Calder

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Located at: University Museum, East Courtyard, on lawn. There are two

Corinthian Column capitals - Jerash, Jordan (ancient Gerasa), Roman Period.

Architect: Unknown

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Located at: University Museum, Entrance Gateway. North Side of Lower Gate, above arch

1 of 4 companion pieces- 'America','Africa', 'Asia','Europe'.

Gross Area (square feet): 76 inches high

Year Built: 1931

Architect: Alexander Calder

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Located at: University Museum, Entrance Gateway. South Side of Lower Gate, above arch

1 of 4 companion pieces- 'America','Africa', 'Asia','Europe'.

Gross Area (square feet): 76 inches high

Year Built: 1931

Architect: Alexander Calder

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Located at: University Museum, East Courtyard, Flank Entrance

Male &, Female Guardian Lions Lime Stone. From a pair at the entrance to a building in the Imperial City, Beijing, China, Ming Dynasty

Architect: Unknown

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Located at: University Museum, East Courtyard, Flank Entrance

Male &, Female Guardian Lions Lime Stone. From a pair at the entrance to a building in the Imperial City, Beijing, China, Ming Dynasty

Architect: Unknown

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Locate at: University Museum, Main Entrance. There are three (3), one each above entrance arches

Year Built: 1931

Architect: Alexander Calder

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Located at: University Museum, Main Entrance. There are three (3), one each above entrance arches

Year Built: 1931

Architect: Alexander Calder

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Located at: University Museum, On Building Facade, at 2nd Level

Gross Area (square feet): 54 inches high by 213 inches wide

Year Built: 1920

Architect: Alexander Calder

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Located at: University Museum, Main Entrance. There are three (3), one each above entrance arches

Year Built: 1931

Architect: Alexander Calder

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Located at: University Museum, Upper Courtyard, at South End of Pool

Gross Area (square feet): 17 inches by 17 inches

Year Built: 1929

Architect: A. Stirling Calder

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Located at: Chemistry Laboratories - 1973 Wing, Lobby

Gross Area (square feet): 190 inches by 90 inches by 90 inches

Year Built: 1976

Architect: Robert Engman

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Located at: Hayden Hall Rear Lawn

Column &, Capital (ancient Philadelphia) Roman Period. Philadelphia was a city of Lydia in the Aegean region of Turkey situated at the foot of Mount Tmolus, founded by Attalus Philadelphus.

Architect: Unknown

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Located at: Open green between Hayden Hall and Chemistry Laboratories

Bronze, standing figure (chemist). Some collaboration with S.T. Stevens. Bureau Brothers Foundry. 1% money $4,900.00, for relocation May 25th, 1973.

Gross Area (square feet): 120 inches high

Year Built: 1934

Architect: Frank Lynn Jenkins & Lawrence Tenney Stevens

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Located at: Vagelos Labs IAST

Gross Area (square feet): 90 inches by 32 inches by 46 inches

Year Built: 1999

Architect: Robert Engman

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Located at: Smith Walk on 34th Street.

Seated figure

Gross Area (square feet): 72 inches high

Year Built: 1925

Architect: R. Tait McKenzie

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Located at: Blanche Levy Park at Meyerson Hall

Maquette, painted red

Gross Area (square feet): 90 inches by 144 inches by 174 inches

Year Built: 1979

Architect: Alexander Calder

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Located at: 34th & Walnut, South West Corner : Blanche Levy Park

Painted black with have three, 16 foot plate steel, weighing 4,000 pounds, also known as Black Forest

Gross Area (square feet): 130 inches by 48 inches by 96 inches

Year Built: 1977

Architect: Robinson Friendenthal

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Located at: Southwest corner of 34th & Walnut Streets

20 foot high, 3 sided, black steel monolith, designed by Ivan Chermayeff (Chermayeff and Geismar), installed in 1979 on the southwest corner of 34th and Walnut Streets.

Gross Area (square feet): 20 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot

Year Built: 1979

Architect: Ivan Chermayeff

Located at: Van Pelt Library, Rosengarten court

Gross Area (square feet): 36 inches by 20 inches by 18 inches

Year Built: 1938

Architect: Beatrice Fenton

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Located at: Van Pelt Library Center on the 3rd floor

Gross Area (square feet): 36 inches by 48 inches by 36 inches

Year Built: 1963

Architect: Robert Engman

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Located at: Van Pelt Library, Blanche Levy Park

Stainless steel, welded. Designed and fabricated by 8 U of P Fine Arts students. Linquist was primary and R. Engman supervised.

Gross Area (square feet): 156 inches by 104 inches by 3 inches

Year Built: 1967

Architect: David Linquist

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Located at: Blanche Levy Park at Van Pelt Library

Painted Aluminum, White. 2,900 pounds, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen.

Gross Area (square feet): 192 inches diameter

Year Built: 1981

Architects: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen

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Located at: Blanche Levy Park, in front of College Hall

Seated bronze Franklin

Gross Area (square feet): 81 inches high

Year Built: 1899

Architect: John J. Boyle

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