Browse Items (16 total)

  • Collection: Digital Art Collection: Art at the University of Pennsylvania

Antillean Couple

Antillean Couple by Agustín Cárdenas, 1957 Agustín Cárdenas was a cuban artist who joined the surrealist movement in Paris and injected Cuban influences with the philosophies of Surrealism to create his unique art style. Surrealism had no single…

Six Triangles

Six Triangles by Ephraim Peleg, 1979 While sitting in the tree-lined breezeway between Guardian Drive and Curie Boulevard, idle individuals take lunch or make phone calls. Six Triangles punctuates the space with a friendly palette and unassuming…

Fisher (Furness) Fine Arts Library

Fisher (Furness) Fine Arts Library by Frank Furness, 1890 The Fisher Fine Arts Library is a National Historic Landmark on the University of Pennsylvania’s main campus. Completed in 1890 by the famous Philadelphian architect Frank Furness, the…

Large Chandelier (Red Stag and Anemones, Reversed)

Large Chandelier (Red Stag and Anemones, Reversed) by Virgil Marti, 2004 Hanging curiously above the reception desk in the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Virgil Marti’s work Large Chandelier (Red Stag and Anemones, Reversed) hints…

Cradle

Cradle by Fritz Dietel, 2009 Philadelphia sculptor Fritz Dietel’s work has been featured in numerous locations throughout the city. Featured at the Philadelphia International Airport, the Kimmel Center for Preforming Arts, and The Vanguard Group,…

Homologous Hope

Homologous Hope by Mara G. Haseltine, 2014 Mara Haseltine’s  sculpture Homologous Hope hangs in the atrium of the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine. In itself the structure is a wonder. It is constructed of carbon…