Details

Title

Clinton Dole Whirligig

Artist/Maker

Anders Lunde (American, 1914–2004)

Date

1994

Medium

Wood, paint, and string

Dimensions

24 x 33 x 12 inches

Credit

Gift of Dr. Robert T.K. Scully

Accession #

2016.141

Location

On View - Stent Family Wing, Skyway, Gallery 404

Anders Lunde began carving wood when he retired in 1979. In addition to creating colorful, narrative whirligigs, he published several instructional booklets detailing the “how-to” of his art. This sculpture shows Hillary Clinton and Bob Dole engaging in a partisan tug of war over health care reform, weighed down by the Republican party as represented by an elephant. President Bill Clinton spins in the breeze, pointing fingers. As a former employee of the U.S. Public Health Service, Lunde felt strongly about this subject.