Windmill Counterbalance

Wilbur M Rice

National Gallery of Art

The sculpture depicts a rooster. It has a distinctive shape with a prominent tail and a comb on its head. The rooster is made from a material that seems to be a dark metal, likely iron, given its textured, dark brown surface with a slightly rust-colored patina. The sculpture is two-dimensional and appears to be a flat silhouette of a rooster, with clean lines highlighting its anatomy, such as the scalloped design of its feathers and the circular detail representing an eye. The tail feathers are emphasized by a series of curved lines. The flat base of the sculpture suggests it could be mounted on a surface.