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Clarification: A Colorful Collection of Outdoor Sculpture on Penn’s Campus |
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King Solomon (at left), the 14.5-foot bronze statue by Alexander Archipenko, first came to Penn’s campus in 1985 on extended loan from Jeffrey H. and Sivia Loria. They formally donated the statue to Penn in honor of Judith Rodin’s inauguration as Penn president in 1994. It is located on 36th Street across from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, which was the site—from 1948-2003—of the old Penn Hillel building. This location gave the sculpture of the biblical king extra site-specific significance.
When Penn’s Hillel moved to the newly constructed Steinhardt Hall, their old building was eventually demolished in 2007.
See Almanac October 6, 2015 for a dozen of Penn’s outdoor sculptures that are part of the University’s collection.
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