Documented artwork / large-scale painted steel sculpture with kinetic element
Iroquois
Credit as documented: Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero's red steel sculpture stands in the Association for Public Art's Philadelphia collection. Intersecting I-beams form an open structure with a knot-like center and a moving element at the top. The association dates the work to 1983–1999 and its installation to 2007. It acquired the existing sculpture rather than commissioning a new work. A documented 2022 conservation project dismantled, cleaned and repainted the structure before its return to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway that September.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 1983-1999; installed 2007
- Materials
- red-painted steel
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Association for Public Art: height 40 feet; width 31 feet 8 inches; length 42 feet; weight 35,000 pounds.
- Dimensions apply to
- Published dimensions for this documented work; component scope and disagreements are retained. Not an installation or engineering specification.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
Installed 2007; returned after conservation in September 2022
Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval and Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Site
- Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval and Spring Garden Street (Iroquois Park)
- Documented years
- 2007, 2022
- Date meaning
- documented
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
The artist's portfolio independently records the steel work and its Philadelphia installation. Its dimensions are listed in a different order there, so the association's explicitly labelled height, width and length are used.
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Sources
- www.associationforpublicart.org ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16
- www.associationforpublicart.org ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- www.spacetimecc.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16