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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…

Pan with Sundial by Beatrice Fenton, 1938 Pan with Sundial depicts a nude man squatting, carrying a sundial on his left shoulder while playing reed-pipes. His left arm was raised high and his head was turning left to support the sundial to be…

Double Lake Falls, 2002, Metal Bryan Hunt (American) “It can carve, pour, erode, drip, float, divide, flow, shape, and go to unexpected places”.-Hunt describing how water is an inspiration for many of his sculptural pieces.  Double Lake Falls is…

Split Button by Claes Oldenburg, 1981 With its center location and bright and shining color, Split Button has been a landmark of the Penn campus. Everyday when students pass by it for class they can see tourist taking photo with it, classmates…

Peace Symbol by Robert Engman and students, 1967 In 1967, Robert Engman was advisor to eight fine arts students who collaborated together to begin constructing the Peace Symbol. Raised upon a pole to be more visible, the memorial of the victims of…

Lindemann Fountain, 1985, Bronze and Granite Delia Bentivogli, Robert Lundrgen (American)   Lindemann Fountain was built in memory of Joseph S. Lindemann by Delia Bentivogli and Robert Lundrgen in 1985. It is an outdoor fountain located in the small…

Wave Forms, 2007, AluminumDennis Oppenheim (American)“By taking the visual configuration found in sound waves to structure the plaza garden, I could detour from the more obvious associations brought forth by the Liberty Bell, Philadelphia’s most…

Benjamin Franklin by George Lundeen, 1987 The sculpture of the founding father, with a nickname “Ben on The Bench”, is a celebrity on Penn campus. It has been a tradition for university president and honorary degree recipients to take photo with him…

Homage to Performing Art, 1975, BronzeHarry Bertoia (Italian) Suspended inside the lobby of the Annenberg Center for Performing Arts and hanging from the ceiling is the bronze-tensil structure Homage to Performing Art by the Italian born artist,…

Kelly Family Gates, 2003, Bronze Mark Leuders (American)   The Kelly Family Gates are located in front of the Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall (36th between Walnut Street and Locust Walk). The gates were designed by Mark Leuders in 2003 as a reference…