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    		• Simpson, Vollis,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Lucama
     
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    		• Folk
     
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    Simpson Repair Shop, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Simpson, Vollis, 1919-2013, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Simpson Repair Shop, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Begun ca. 1985.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Found objects including machine parts, highway reflectors, traffic signs and scrap metal, some painted.
    Inscription: 
    (Signature appears on several pieces) signed
    Description: 
    Several kinetic "whirligig" sculptures are installed on the property of Vollis Simpson. They vary in size and shape, up to 50 feet tall.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Lucama
    Folk
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Simpson, Vollis, Corner of Wiggins Mill & Vollis Shop Roads, Lucama, North Carolina 27851
    Remarks: 
    Begun around 1985, the work was ongoing at time of 1994 SOS! survey. IAS files include an excerpt from "Signs and Wonders: Outsider Art Inside North Carolina," by Roger Manley.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Manley, Roger, "Signs and Wonders: Outsider Art Inside North Carolina," Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1989, cover, pg. 92.
    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 NC000395
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