The
Association for Public Art (formerly the Fairmount Park Art Association) acquired and installed
Iroquois in 2007 after it was donated by art patron and humanitarian
David N. Pincus. The executive director of the Association for Public Art, Penny Balkin Bach, described the gift as "the most generous contribution made by a private donor to public sculpture in Philadelphia," and "the most important contemporary sculpture to come to Philadelphia since
Claes Oldenburg's
Clothespin in 1976." Before
Iroquois came to Philadelphia, the sculpture had been on loan to the
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The sculpture stands alongside
Symbiosis, a stainless steel "dendroid" sculpture by artist
Roxy Paine that was installed by the Association for Public Art in 2014. == See also ==