Wind Machine
Artist
Vollis Simpson
American, 1919–2013
Date2002
MediumSteel and other media
DimensionsH. 30 ft. x L. 30 ft. x D. 15 ft. (approx.) (9.14 x 9.14 x 4.57 m)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCommissioned by the North Carolina Museum of Art with funds from the William R. Roberson Jr. and Frances M. Roberson Endowed Fund for North Carolina Art
Object number2002.4
On View
On view"New and on View," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (September/October 2002), 11, illus. (color) 11.
Kathy Grant Westbrook, "Wilson County," Our State (August 2003), mentioned 108.
Alex Albright, "Vollis and His Fun Machine" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 114, 119 (detail). Object Rights Statement
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