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Overview

Chinese Government donates a statue of Abraham Lincoln to Philadelphia

Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•United StatesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United StatesSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Feb 12, 2009
Start (actual)
Feb 12, 2009
End (actual)
Feb 12, 2009

Geospatial footprint

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This project was a donation to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/188022

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • City of Philadelphia

Loan description

Chinese Government donates a statue of Abraham Lincoln to Philadelphia

Narrative

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Project narrative

On February 12, 2009, the Chinese Government and an unnamed cultural foundation donated a statue of Abraham Lincoln to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in honor of Lincoln's 200th birthday. The bronze statue, titled “Before the Day of Decisive Battle”, stood at 8.3 feet tall and was designed by Chinese artist Yuan Xikun. Due to regulation over Philadelphia's massive public art collection, Philadelphia could not accept the donation. The sculpture was stored in various art galleries across the city before it was eventually auctioned off in 2012 for $550 USD, significantly under its market value.