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Wind Machine with Gabriel, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Louis Armstrong, (sculpture). Artist:  Leonard, James, 1949- , sculptor. Title:  Wind Machine with Gabriel, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Louis Armstrong, (sculpture). Dates:  1984. Medium:  Cut, soldered, and patinated copper with liver of sulfate markings and wood base. Dimensions:  28 x 18 1/2 x 10 in. Description:  Eleanor Roosevelt sits in the middle, with the archangle Gabriel and Louis Armstrong standing on either side. Both of the men play horns in Roosevelt's honor while she waves her arms between them. As wind moves the propeller Gabriel flaps his wings, taps his foot, and moves his arms, horn, and head, while Armstrong rocks back and forth. Subject:  Portrait female -- Roosevelt, Eleanor -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- First Lady Portrait male -- Armstrong, Louis -- Full length Performing Arts -- Music -- Trumpet Object -- Musical Instrument -- Trumpet Religion -- New Testament -- Angel Object Type:  Folk Sculpture Owner:  Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & G Streets, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1986.65.368 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Hemphill, Herbert Waide Jr., 1984-1986. Acquired from McManus, Michael, 1984. References:  National Museum of American Art, 1990. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006. Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe, "Made with Passion: The Hemphill Folk Art Collection in the National Museum of American Art," Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, no.60. Illustration:  Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe, "Made with Passion: The Hemphill Folk Art Collection in the National Museum of American Art," Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, pg.120. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 08582313   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 08582313 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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