| Field of Corn (with Osage Orange Trees) | |
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| Cornhenge | |
.jpg) Cornhenge | |
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| Location | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°05′06″N83°07′24″W / 40.0850°N 83.1233°W /40.0850; -83.1233 |
Field of Corn (with Osage Orange Trees) is a publicly fundedart installation in the city ofDublin,Ohio. The installation consists of 109concrete ears ofcorn positioned in rows and standing upright in a grassy field. At one end of the field are two rows ofOsage-orange trees, one pre-existing and the other planted for the project. Sculpted byMalcolm Cochran,[1] with landscaping by Stephen Drown and James Hiss,Field of Corn was commissioned by the Dublin Arts Council and completed in 1994.[2]
The display site, named the Sam and Eulalia Frantz Park, was originally farmed by Sam Frantz, an inventor of severalhybrid corn species, and was donated to the city in the late twentieth century. The art installation is partly a tribute to Sam Frantz and is also intended to remind visitors of Dublin's agricultural heritage. Along the west side of the park, near the Osage orange trees, are signs that describe the project and explain hybridization.[3]
Three different molds were used to cast the concrete ears of corn, which stand about 6 feet (1.8 m) tall.[4] The breed of corn represented is known asCorn BeltDent Corn, adouble-cross hybrid variety. The ears are rotated in several directions to make it appear as if each ear is unique.They were cast at a precast concrete manufacturer, Cook & Ingle Co., inDalton,Georgia.[3] Each ear weighs 1,500 lb (680 kg)[5]
Field of Corn has become a popular piece of public art in the Central Ohio Community. The display received "Best of Columbus" honors by readers ofColumbus Monthly magazine each year of its nomination since 2008, including four #1 awards as best public artwork in central Ohio.[6]
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