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Art Museum sculptures that have stood sentry for decades are moving to Penn for 99 years

Enormous sculptures by Louise Nevelson and Jacob Epstein will move to the University of Pennsylvania campus after decades at the western entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Jacob Epstein's Social Consciousness, seen here. and Louise Nevelson's Atmosphere and Environment XII, are being relocated from outside the west entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the Penn campus.
Jacob Epstein's Social Consciousness, seen here. and Louise Nevelson's Atmosphere and Environment XII, are being relocated from outside the west entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the Penn campus.Read moreTYGER WILLIAMS / Staff Photographer