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Sun Tunnels
Accession Number:
16_00099
Creator:
Nancy Louise Holt (American , 1938-2014)
Creator:
Holt, Nancy Louise
Title:
Sun Tunnels
Location:
Lucin, United States - (site)
View:
General View: Site View; Sun Tunnels (detail) 1973-76. Great Basin Desert, Utah at sunrise; [Photographer unknown]
Object Date:
1973-1976 (creation); 2007 (publication)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Object Type:
photographs; digital ; digital prints; sculpture; earthworks; tunnels
Course:
Obler AH4189
Technique:
concrete
Culture:
American
Description:
Sun Tunnels consists of four massive concrete tunnels, each eighteen feet long and nine feet in diameter, laid out in the desert in an open X configuration. On the solstices, the tunnels frame the sun as it passes the horizon at sunrise and sunset. In the top of each tunnel, Holt drilled small holes to form the constellations of Draco, Perseus, Columba, and Capricorn. These holes, and the tunnels themselves, act as frames or lenses through which the visitor can view the surrounding sky and landscape of the Great Basin Desert. [Utah Museum of Fine rts; http://umfa.utah.edu/suntunnels_selfguide]
Material:
concrete tunnels
Measurement:
variable ()
Style Period:
Contemporary - ; Twentieth Century - Twentieth Century
Subject:
Environment; Natural; Landscape; Deserts; Fine Arts; Visual; Sculpture; Concrete; Science; Technology; Astronomy; Constellations; Shapes; Cylinder; Sun; Rising and Setting
WorkID:
18257
Identifier:
18257_16_00099.jpg
Collection:
FAAH Collection
Record created:
Feb. 23, 2016
Last modified:
Feb. 23, 2016
Collection Memberships
Collection | Visible |
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FAAH Collection | yes |
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