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Philadelphia Still Life Museum

From the Permanent Collection

Curbside Vigil, Spruce Street — Garden Court

Automotive, stationary, long-term installation

Police Department, est. 2025

121 days on view


Photographic documentation of the work as submitted to the city's 311 record.
As submitted to the city’s 311 record.

Curatorial note

The car's long, pale body and chrome trim anchor the curb as a silent presence. Since its acquisition in December 2025, the work has stood at this Garden Court intersection, its silhouette intersecting with a metal pole and a pair of traffic signs. The piece remains part of a long-running study of street-scale artifacts that persist in Philadelphia's public realm, inviting careful looking at what endures.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19274848
Location
///weeks.admiral.parade
Address
4700 SPRUCE ST
Region
Garden Court
Acquired
December 2025
Status
On permanent display

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