Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial - North Terrace (1933-1961)
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The development of the North Terrace inaugurated the final stage of the Samuel Memorial. Here, the intention was to express not historical periods or movements but rather the spiritual, intellectual, and physical "inner energies" that shaped the nation.
Two major bronze groups were to represent "social consciousness" and "constructive enterprise," and the commissions were offered to Jacob Epstein and Jacques Lipchitz. As Epstein and Lipchitz progressed, it became apparent that their two massive monuments would not fit comfortably in the same terrace. Thus Epstein's Social Consciousness never became part of the Samuel Memorial; rather, it was installed at the western entrance of the Art Museum. Lipchitz's The Spirit of Enterprise served as the centerpiece of the North Terrace until in 1986 it was moved to the Central Terrace to increase its visibility from Kelly Drive.
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial - North Terrace
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Voices heard in the program:
Penny Balkin Bach is Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Art Association.
Kathleen A. Foster is Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Senior Curator of American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Michael Taylor is Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Segment Producer: Amanda Aronczyk and Ave Carrillo
Voices heard in the program:
Penny Balkin Bach is Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Art Association.
Kathleen A. Foster is Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Senior Curator of American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Michael Taylor is Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Segment Producer: Amanda Aronczyk and Ave Carrillo
