Windmill, (sculpture).

Windmill, (sculpture).

Rosenwald, Robert, 1920- , sculptor.

Windmill, (sculpture).

1980. Dedicated 1982.

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Sculpture: approx. 13 x 5 x 5 ft.

The sculpture is a composite of geometric forms. The pedestal is a pyramid. On top of the pedestal is a tripod and a tetrapod rests atop the tripod. The pedestal is a frustum of a tetrahedron, 110 in. high. The base and top are isosceles triangles with sides of 23 in. and 6.5 in. respectively. The tripod and tetrapod have identical elements, "legs." Each is a frustum of a tetrahedron, 36 in. high. The top 36 in. of the pedestal and the tripod form a tetrapod with four equally spaced identical elements. The tripod is formed by joining each of the three legs to the pedestal. The 6.5 inch triangular tops of each of the three legs, have been welded to the pedestal to form a regular tetrahedron. The top of the sculpture has one delicately balanced part which is meant to move in the breeze.

Abstract -- Geometric

Architecture -- Industry -- Windmill

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Jenkintown

Administered by Township of Abington, Abington Township Parks at Alverthorpe Manor, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046

Located Abington Art Center, 515 Meetinghouse Road, Sculpture Garden, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046

Gift of Robert Rosenwald to the Township of Abington. The SOS survey noted that, per interview with the artist, this sculpture was made from the model for the artist's first windmill sculpture called "The Breezes." ("The Breezes" was originally designed for a condominiumin New Mexico, but is now located at the Solebury School, Solebury, Pennsylvania.)

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.

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