Tour The Art
Tour The Art
- Title:
- Swann Memorial Fountain (The Fountain of Three Rivers)
- Artist:
- Calder, Alexander Stirling
- Date:
- 1924
- Materials:
- bronze, granite
- Location:
- Logan Square, 19th & Benjamin Franklin Parkway
- District:
- 5
- Description:
- Created from a collaborative effort of artist Alexander Stirling Calder (1870-1945) and architect Wilson Eyre Jr. (1858-1944,) Swann Fountain was created as memorial to Dr. Wilson Cary Swann, the founder of the Philadelphia Fountain Society. Three reclining figures circle the center of the fountain and represent Philadelphia's 3 main waterways: the Delaware (a figure of a man) the Schuylkill (figure of a woman) and the Wissahickon (the figure of a girl.) The main water jet shoots up to 50 feet, while the surrounding frog and turtle sculptures each shoot water towards the center.
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