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Hora Novem, (sculpture). Artist:  Schultz, Saunders, 1927-2017, sculptor. Severson, William Conrad, 1924-1999 , sculptor. Cox, Robert E., designer. Scopia Studios, founder. Robert E. Goetz & Associates, landscape architect. Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, design firm. Title:  Hora Novem, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Hour of Nine, (sculpture). Dates:  1982. Dedicated Fall 1982. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: polished stainless steel and granite; Basin: exposed aggregate. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 18 ft. x Diam. 17 ft.; Basin: approx. Diam. 14 ft. Inscription:  Hora Novem/William Severson - Saunders Schultz/1982 (Incised on plaques, from north to south:) (A) Winter Solstice/December 21 (B) November 21/January 21 (C) October 21/February 21 (D) Equinox/September 21/March 21 (E) August 21/April 21 (F) July 21/May 21 (G) Summer/Solstice/June 21 signed Description:  Solar calendar fountain consists of an angled ring with thirty-two jets of water which converge at its center. The ring rests in the center of a slightly domed circle of pavers which contain ridges marked with dates of the solar calendar. Shadows cast by the sun through a slit on top of the ring is calculated to fall on the appropriate ridge. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus Fountain Sundial Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Busch Properties, Inc., Property Administration, P. O. Box 29229, Columbus, Ohio 43229 Located Busch Corporate Center, 1105 Schrock Road, Columbus, Ohio 43229 Remarks:  Commissioned by Busch Properties for $80,000. A ten minute video about the construction and operation of the fountain, and about the artists and astronomer, Robert Cox, who designed it, is available from the office of the building manager of Busch Properties. IAS files include related articles from the Columbus Business Journal, Nov. 1982 and Business First Magazine, Columbus, Nov. 5, 1984. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Business First Magazine (Nov. 5, 1984): pg. 14. Columbus Business Journal (Nov. 1982): pg. 9. 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 OH000261   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000261 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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