Claes Oldenberg's 1981 "Split Button" Outdoor Art Piece in Blanche Levy Park

"The button is said to have popped off the vest which Ben Franklin wears in his statue directly across from the sculpture."

Franklin Photos - August, 2007, Conor O'Shea

Oldenberg said, "The Split represents the Schuylkill. It divides the button into four parts--for William Penns original Philadelphia squares."
-Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/9/81