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Philadelphia Still Life Museum

From the Permanent Collection

Back Door Threshold, Memphis Street 6a9 Philadelphia

Exterior doorway, concrete stoop, cluttered yard debris

License & Inspections, est. 2026

88 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

Seen at the threshold between dwelling and alley, the work anchors a narrow exterior contact zone with a traffic cone, a green bucket, and a purple folded pad pressed against the siding. Across its 88 days on view, the single hanging bulb in the foreground threads the frame and emphasizes the boundary between private interior and shared exterior. Acquired February 2026, the piece remains part of Philadelphia's urban vignette, a quiet study of how routine maintenance scenes persist in the daily fabric.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19509572
Location
///vouch.think.green
Address
2577 MEMPHIS ST
Region
Fishtown - Lower Kensington
Acquired
February 2026
Status
On permanent display

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