Dickson City Land Waves: Valley of 8000 Pines, (sculpture)

Object Details

Albright College, Freedman Gallery, 1985, "Sites and Solutions: Public Art," pg. 4, 16.; Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.; Image on file.; The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary: An asymmetrical serpentine pine forest composed of 4,000 white pine trees and 4,000 Austrian pine trees. The 8,000 pine seedlings were planted diagonally across the valley, alternating the pine species every five rows. The design was intended to prevent soil erosion while creating the optical illusion of rolling terrain on this former mine site.

May 13, 1983

Type: Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture; Sculptures-Earthwork; Sculptures-Site-specific; Sculptures

Owner/Location: Administered by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Scranton District Office 100 Lackawanna Avenue, Room 401 Scranton Pennsylvania 18503; Located Storrs Pit Between U.S. Route 6 & Main Street Dickson City Pennsylvania

Title: Dickson City Land Waves: Pine Forest, (sculpture); Pine Forest, (sculpture); Valley of 8000 Pines, (sculpture)

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums