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Curtis Center Review
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Curtis Center
- Address: 6th and Walnut Sts., Historic Area, Philadelphia, PA | Map It
- Phone: 215/238-6450
- Category: Public Art (Mural/Sculpture/Statue)
- Location: Historic District
Fodor's Review:
The lobby of the Curtis Publishing Company building has a great treasure: a 15- by 50-foot glass mosaic mural, The Dream Garden, based on a Maxfield Parrish painting. It was executed by the Louis C. Tiffany Studios in 1916. The work's 260 colors and 100,000 pieces of opalescent hand-fired glass laced with gold leaf make it perhaps the finest Tiffany mural in the world. The mural has also been designated a "historic object" by the Philadelphia Historical Commission after its owner, the estate of a local art patron, put it up for sale for $9 million in 1998; the designation, the first in the city's history, stopped the sale and the mural remains in public view.
- Cost: Free
- Open: Weekdays 8-6, Sat. 8-1
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