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    		• Holt, Nancy,
     
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    		• Versteeg, Peter,
     
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    		• Fricke, Alan,
     
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    		• Lake, John,
     
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    		• Harton, Simon,
     
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    		• Fricke Memorials,
     
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    		• Leap Associates, International Inc.,
     
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    		• New Haven Art Fabricators,
     
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    		• Lake's of Tampa,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• History -- Exploration
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Spanish
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Tampa
     
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    		• Bench
     
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    		• Sundial
     
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    		• Site-specific
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Solar Rotary, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014, sculptor.
    Versteeg, Peter, fabricator.
    Fricke, Alan, founder.
    Lake, John, contractor.
    Harton, Simon, engineer.
    Fricke Memorials, founder.
    Leap Associates, International Inc., contractor.
    New Haven Art Fabricators, fabricator.
    Lake's of Tampa, contractor.
    Title: 
    Solar Rotary, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1985. Dedicated March 27, 1995.
    Medium: 
    Aluminum, painted, concrete, bronze, meteorite, soil, lights, plants.
    Dimensions: 
    Aluminum structure: approx. H. 20 ft. x Diam. 24 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On the ring on the central circular seat:) ON THE DAY OF THE SUMMER SOLSTICE AT SOLAR/NOON BETWEEN 1:31 AND 1:32 PM A CIRCLE OF/SUNLIGHT WILL BE CAST AROUND THIS CIRCULAR/SEAT. (In center of central circular seat:) IN THE CENTER OF THIS RING IS A 4.5 BILLION YEAR OLD METEORITE SAID TO HAVE FALLEN TO EARTH IN DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. (On five circular bronze plates in plaza pavement:) (on one plate:) MARCH 27 12:18 PM/THE DATE OF THE FIRST REPORTED SIGHTING/OF FLORIDA BY AN INHABITANT/OF ANOTHER CONTINENT,/PONCE DE LEON FROM SPAIN/1513 (second plate:) AUGUST 14 3:30 PM/THE DATE THAT THE FIRST MAP/OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA/WAS SUBMITTED TO LORD HILLSBOROUGH,/BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE/FOR THE COLONIES,/FOR WHOM THIS COUNTY IS NAMED/1772 (third plate:) JANUARY 25 12:12 PM THE DATE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF/THE FIRST TOWN GOVERNMENT OF TAMPA/1849 unsigned (fourth plate:) SEPTEMBER 5 4:11 PM/THE DATE FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY/FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA/1958 (fifth plate:) JULY 20 10:24 AM/THE DATE THAT THE FIRST HUMAN BEINGS/LANDED ON THE MOON IN SPACESHIP APOLLO 11/LAUNCHED FROM CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA/1969
    Description: 
    A circular concrete plaza with a centrally located, tall, black, aluminum pole structure that casts shadows. The aluminum structure rises on eight poles swirling inward at the top to form a central ring of metal, reminiscent of the sun's orbit. At specific days and times during the year, the shadows highlight plaques set in the plaza that commemorate events of significance to Florida's history. Directly below the aluminum structure is a cylindrical bench that contains a meteorite (believed to be 4 1/2 million years old, and said to have fallen to earth in Dade County). Four walkways lead up to the circular plaza. Around the plaza's perimeter are eight curved concrete benches. Beyond the perimeter are four benches placed under trees at the four cardinal directions and the plaza is surrounded by flowering plants, Giant Evergreen Lirope and live oak trees.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    History -- United States -- Florida
    History -- Exploration -- Americas
    History -- United States -- Space Program
    Ethnic -- Spanish
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Tampa
    Bench
    Sundial
    Site-specific
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of South Florida, Contemporary Art Museum, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620
    Located University of South Florida, Tampa Campus, Tampa Tribune Plaza, Tampa, Florida
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was funded through Florida's Art in State Buildings Program. The artist collaborated with University faculty from the archeoastronomy, architecture, history, engineering, geology, and mathematics departments. IAS files contain a related article from Sculpture (January 1996), pg. 14-15.
    The sculpture's shadow highlights plaques commemorating the first sighting of Florida by Ponce de Leon, 1513; the first time a map of Florida was submitted to Lord Hillsborough, for whom the county is named, 1772; the establishment of the first town government of Tampa, 1849; the groundbreaking ceremony for the University of South Florida, 1958; and the date of the first moon landing in Apollo 11, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1969.
    Nearby plaque reads: NANCY HOLT/SOLAR ROTARY, 1995/PURCHASED 1995 WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY FLORIDA'S ART IN STATE BUILDINGS PROGRAM (F.S.255.043).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Tampa survey, 1996.
    Illustration: 
    Sculpture (January 1996): pg. 14.
    Note: 
    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.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS FL000687
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