Cut, soldered, and patinated copper with liver of sulfate markings and wood base
Type:
Sculptures-Folk
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1986.65.368
Date:
1984
Notes:
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.
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.
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Summary:
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.
