A giant brass key stands at a gentle angle in the meadow garden. Its open oval bow frames a patch of blue sky above a long cylindrical shaft and simple stepped bit. A visible mounting shoe secures the sculpture to a low stone footing.

Warm light crosses the brushed metal and catches small greenish patches of patina around its edges. Copper-colored grasses and white asters surround the base, with a dark hedge and distant hills beyond. The low wide view includes the whole oversized object and the cast shadow reaching across the nearby lawn. The key's familiar shape becomes playful through scale while the bolts, footing and weathered surface keep it firmly grounded.