The Solar Farm, (sculpture).

The Solar Farm, (sculpture).

Brennan, Nizette, 1950- , sculptor.

The Solar Farm, (sculpture).

1988. Dedicated June 1988.

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Steel disc cultivator with local bluestone and limestone set in concrete.

Approx. 7 x 8 x 20 ft.

A restored rusted twelve-disc cultivator. From between each of its discs, rows of bluestone and limestone set in concrete fan out to create furrows. A vertical metal rod from the cultivator casts a shadow on the concrete in front of the cultivator, acting as a partial sundial.

Landscape -- Farm

Occupation -- Farm -- Sowing

Object -- Tool -- Plow

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Derwood

Administered by Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Montgomery County Department of Parks, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20901

Located Agricultural History Farm Park, 18400 Muncaster Road, Derwood, Maryland

Commissioned by the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission. The model of the sculpture won first prize in "The Garden Environment," an exhibition sponsored by the Audubon Naturalist Society and the Washington Sculptors Group. IAS files contain a related article from Sculpture, Sept./Oct. 1988, pg. 95.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993.

Sculpture (Sept./Oct. 1988): pg. 95.

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