'' Iroquois'' is a sculpture by

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artist

Mark di Suvero Marco Polo di Suvero (born September 18, 1933, in Shanghai, China), better known as Mark di Suvero, is an abstract expressionist sculptor and 2010 National Medal of Arts recipient. Biography Early life and education Marco Polo di Suvero was bor ...

, owned by the

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. The artwork is located at the

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, at

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and 24th Street,

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. ''Iroquois'' is one of the many sculptures included in the Association's for Public Art'
Museum Without Walls: AUDIO™
interpretive audio program for Philadelphia's outdoor sculpture.

Acquisition and installation

The

(formerly the Fairmount Park Art Association) acquired and installed ''Iroquois'' in 2007 after it was donated by art patron and humanitarian David N. Pincus. The executive director of the Association for Public Art, Penny Balkin Bach, described the gift as "the most generous contribution made by a private donor to public sculpture in Philadelphia," and "the most important contemporary sculpture to come to Philadelphia since

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's ''Clothespin'' in 1976." Before ''Iroquois'' came to Philadelphia, the sculpture had been on loan to the

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in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The sculpture stands alongside ''Symbiosis'', a stainless steel "dendroid" sculpture by artist Roxy Paine that was installed by the Association for Public Art in 2014.

References

External links

''Iroquois''
''Museum Without Walls: AUDIO™'' *https://web.archive.org/web/20081202213943/http://www.phillymag.com/articles/pulse_60_second_critic_public_art_iroquois_by_mark_di_suvero
Playing on ''Iroquois''"Mark di Suvero's ''Iroquois'' installation in Philadelphia II"
Outdoor sculptures in Philadelphia Steel sculptures in Pennsylvania 1983 sculptures Fairmount, Philadelphia Works by Mark di Suvero {{public-art-stub

Acquisition and installation

See also

References

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