Wind and Wave

Object detail

Date

1988

Description

Unveiled in 1988 as an Australian Bicentennial Project, Wind and Wave represents patterns of sunlight, water, clouds and seabirds in flight. Lenton Parr was the Dean of Arts and Director of the Victoria College of the Arts through the 1970s and 1980s. He began his sculptural career as an assistant to the renowned British sculptor Henry Moore and was one of Australia’s most celebrated sculptural artists notable for his works in welded steel.

Artist/Maker and Role

Lenton Parr (b.1924, d.2003) - Artist

Media

Steel

Accession number

PA0003

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Artist/Maker

Lenton Parr (b.1924, d.2003)

Collection type

Public Art

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