Rocky Statue
Philadelphia Art Museum Steps
26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103
www.rockysculpture.com
schombergstudios@att.net
26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103
www.rockysculpture.com
schombergstudios@att.net
- THE STATUE BY A. THOMAS SCHOMBERG WAS COMMISIONED IN COLLABORATION WITH SYLVESTER STALLONE IN 1980 FOR THE MOVIE ROCKY III (1982) AND ALSO APPEARED IN ROCKY V (1990). AFTER THE THIRD MOVIE STALLONE DONATED THE STATUE TO THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.THE STATUE DEPICTS ROCKY, THE LOVEABLE UNDERDOG, WHO ASPIRED TO A VICTORIOUS GOAL OVER INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS, AND ULTIMATLY BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL OF INSPIRATION, AND CULTURAL ICON.THE STATUE NOW SITS ON A GRASSY KNOLL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MUSEUM STEPS. Miniature replicas of the statue are now available.
- Phone:303-674-4807
