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Philadelphia Still Life Museum

From the Permanent Collection

Curbside Equilibrium, Ferndale Street — Fox Chase

Automotive, stationary, curbside installation

Police Department, est. 2026

117 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 Ferndale Street, the truck’s front wheel resting on the curb frames the composition and marks the boundary between street and sidewalk. The leaning stop sign and the reflected light on the door panel situate the object within a stable, domestic streetscape that persists beyond routine municipal action. Acquired in January 2026, this work anchors the Fox Chase collection as a longitudinal record of urban edges and everyday equipment at rest. The museum treats it as a formal study of presence, duration, and threshold space within the street panorama.

Catalogue metadata

Accession no.
19320319
Location
///decreased.large.liability
Address
7941 FERNDALE ST
Region
Fox Chase
Acquired
January 2026
Status
On permanent display

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