Logan Square in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Rock Form (Porthcurno)
1964 (Cast #1/6)
| | Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975) | |
One of the 20th century's most eminent sculptors, Dame Barbara Hepworth created abstract works influenced by natural shapes. This bronze is based on rock forms around Porthcurno, a village near her studio in Cornwall, England. Several other casts are located at sites around the world, including the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, CA. Hepworth was a friend of Henry Moore, whose sculpture Three-Way Piece Number 1: Points is placed nearby.
Rock Form (Pothcurno) was donated to the Fairmount Park Art Association (now Association for Public Art) in 2011 by arts patron David N. Pincus, and installed in 2012.
Erected by Museum Without Walls.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Natural Features • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 2011.
Location. 39° 57.345′ N, 75° 10.037′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Logan Square. It is on Benjamin Franklin Parkway just east of North 17th Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at
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Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Three Disks, One Lacking (here, next to this marker); Three-Way Piece Number 1: Points (a few steps from this marker); A Grand Plan / Parkway Museums District (within shouting distance of this marker); Friends Select School (within shouting distance of this marker); Train Tracks from Treblinka (within shouting distance of this marker); Power And Politics (within shouting distance of this marker); Theresienstadt Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); The Parkway / Paul Philippe Cret (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all
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