Sun Arc (Sundial), (sculpture).

Sun Arc (Sundial), (sculpture).

Weisman, Gary, sculptor.

Roseff, Janet, architect.

Sun Arc (Sundial), (sculpture).

Sundial, (sculpture).

Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 2 in. x 27 1/2 ft. x 27 1/2 ft.

Sunarc Sundial/Stand on the Current month/your shadow will point to one/of the columns/telling the time/of day, e.s.t./12 noon is the/largest column/Sculptor Gary Weisman Architect Janet Roseff unsigned

The sundial sculpture is composed of fifteen abstract columns placed in a semicircle. The tallest column is in the center and the flanking columns grow progressively shorter toward the ends of the semicircle. Each column is an abstract design with a greenish patina. Resting in front of the sculpture is a large triangular wedge of concrete inscribed with the months of the year.

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Tolentine Community Organization, 11th & Mifflin Streets, Tolentine Community Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19148

The sculpture was initiated by the Department of Recreation of the City of Philadelphia and the Tolentine Community Organization.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.

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