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Wesley, Robert,
Reid, Richard,
Morris, Tyler,
Fletcher, Thomas,
Whitehall Products,
Object -- Other
Architecture -- Boat
Architecture -- Boat
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Montague
Weather vane
Sculpture
World's Largest Weathervane, (sculpture).
Artist:
Wesley, Robert, sculptor.
Reid, Richard, sculptor.
Morris, Tyler, sculptor.
Fletcher, Thomas, designer.
Whitehall Products, fabricator.
Title:
World's Largest Weathervane, (sculpture).
Medium:
Sculpture: painted fiberglass globes, welded steel and extruded aluminum; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 48 x 26 x 8 ft.; Base: approx. 1 x 12 x 12 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
The weather vane has a central mast with four legs pointing in the four directions. There is a large globe on top with another mast through it, attaching to a smaller globe. A model of a schooner rests on the moving arrow.
Subject:
Object -- Other -- Weather vane
Architecture -- Boat -- Sailing Ship
Architecture -- Boat -- Ella Ellenwood
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Montague
Weather vane
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Whitehall Products, Ltd., 8786 Water Street, Montague, Michigan 49437
Located Business 31 & White River, Montague, Michigan
Remarks:
The sculpture is installed on a jetty of White Lake. The schooner's design is based on the lumbering schooner the "Ella Ellenwood" which ran aground in White Lake in Oct. 1901. IAS files contain a brochure from Whitehall Products.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
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 MI000625
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MI000625
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