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Philadelphia Still Life Museum

From the Permanent Collection

Curbside Vigil, Tyson Avenue — Oxford Circle

Automotive, four-door sedan, curbside installation

Police Department, est. 2026

115 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

From the curb, the gray sedan's rear shows a centered Toyota emblem above an empty plate recess, a detail that anchors the composition. Acquired January 2026, this work has occupied Tyson Avenue in Oxford Circle for 115 days as a durable feature of the streetscape. Commissioned by the Police Department, the piece treats municipal objects as long-term forms rather than transient events. The surrounding urban texture—a brick building, a stone wall with utility meters, and leafless trees—grounds the piece in a particular moment of the neighborhood.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19325596
Location
///poetic.exams.from
Address
960 TYSON AVE
Region
Oxford Circle
Acquired
January 2026
Status
On permanent display

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