Greenwood Colliery Sundial, (sculpture)

Object Details

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.; Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.; Image on file.; unsigned; 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: A sundial, painted black, sitting upright with a long stylus leaning against it. The sundial has a round hole in the center with twelve perforated openings around its perimeter. The sundial and stylus are surrounded by a ring of rocks and twelve lozenge-shaped plant beds that form a clock. The sculpture is located in a circular area.

1988

Type: Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture; Sculptures-Sundial; Sculptures-Earthwork; Sculptures

Medium: Sculpture: steel, painted (?), granite, plant beds and rocks; Foundation: concrete

Owner/Location: Administered by Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce Mulberry Street Scranton Pennsylvania 18501; Located Montage Mountain Office Park Montage Mountain Road Scranton Pennsylvania

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums