Item Info
Item No: pdcp01017
Title: Eakins Oval
Historic Street Address:
The Oval, 2451 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
This 1972 photograph (g. 8/73, Photographic Society of Phila.) by George Mackley shows "Franklin's Footpath," a 414-foot-long striped painting by American painter Gene Davis (1920-1985). This colorul artwork was painted on the parking lot at Eakins Oval, on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Philadlephia Museum of Art is in the background.
Facsimile of image used in the exhibition, Corridor of Culture: 100 Years of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Parkway Central Library West Gallery, September 2017-November 2018.
Creation Year: 1972
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.178070
Geocode Latitude:39.963432
Creator Name: George Mackley - Photographer