Opposite City
Hall, on a portion of sidewalk that juts toward the whizzing
traffic, massive bronze curves interlock to form Robert Engman's
Triune. The three lobes are meant to symbolize the
interdependence of people, government, and industry. The work
on Triune involved a series of models and four separate
castings at the Crown Foundry in Chester, Pennsylvania. Engman
and apprentice Tom Cullen ground and polished the final cast
themselves. The finished work weighs approximately 28,000
pounds. Commissioned jointly for this site by Girard Bank
and the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company, the sculpture
was installed in 1975.
Adapted from Public Art in Philadelphia by Penny
Balkin Bach (Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1992).
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