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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