After B. K. S. Iyengar (Engman)

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After B.K.S. Iyengar
After-iyengar2.JPG
ArtistRobert Engman
Year1978
TypeBronze
Dimensions200 cm × 280 cm × 170 cm (80 in × 110 in × 68 in)
LocationPhiladelphia
Owner and Marian Garfinkel

After B.K.S. Iyengar is an abstract bronze sculpture, by Robert Engman, that commemorates B. K. S. Iyengar's 1976 visit to the United States.

It is located at Morris Arboretum, 9414 Meadowbrook Avenue, English Park Step Garden, Philadelphia.[1] It was dedicated in September 1988.[2]

Another casting is at the , Solomons, Maryland,[3][4] on loan from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.[5]

The statute was originally sited at Cobble Court, the historic house built by J. H. Carstair and owned by and Marian Garfinkel. Iyengar was a guest of the Garfinkels when he visited Philadelphia in 1976 and gave a public demonstration of yoga at Haverford College. Artist Robert Engman was one of the Garfinkels' neighbors.

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  1. ^ "Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania | Explore".
  2. ^ "After B. K. S. Iyengar, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey. 1993. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  3. ^ http://www.thomaslundecreative.com/annmarie7/content/after-iyengar[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000126.htm
  5. ^ "After Iyengar, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey. 1993. Retrieved September 19, 2011.

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Coordinates: 40°05′07″N 75°13′18″W / 40.085277°N 75.221734°W / 40.085277; -75.221734


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