Whirligig

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Frank Memkus

Title

Whirligig

Place

Wisconsin (Object made in:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1939–1945

Medium

Painted wood and metal

Dimensions

205.2 × 73.7 × 105.5 cm (80 3/4 × 29 × 41 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Marshall Field, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Kubiceck, Mr. James Raoul Simmons, Mrs. Esther Sparks, Mrs. Frank L. Sulzberger and the Oak Park-River Forest Associates of the Woman's Board of The Art Institute of Chicago

Reference Number

1980.166

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