A 1980 view of ‘Helion’, more informally known as 'the lollipop,' in front of 100 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The mobile was created by Gloucester artist Robert Amory in 1975. This sculpture is part of Amory's 'windflowers' series and is named after the Greek god Helios. When the wind blows on the orange disks, the ball bearing spins, and the disks rotate. When the building was sold, its new owners requested that the lollipop be moved – it now resides in Madison Park Village. This image is from an old amateur colour transparency – a vintage 1980s photograph.
A 1980 view of ‘Helion’, more informally known as 'the lollipop,' in front of 100 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The mobile was created by Gloucester artist Robert Amory in 1975. This sculpture is part of Amory's 'windflowers' series and is named after the Greek god Helios, who, according to myth, drives the sun chariot from east to west across the sky each day. This 26-foot-tall kinetic sculpture is composed of twenty-four orange discs attached by metal rods to a large ball bearing. When the wind blows on the orange disks, the ball bearing spins, and the disks rotate. The sculpture remained in downtown Boston for almost 25 years. When the building was sold, its new owners requested that the lollipop be moved – it now resides in Madison Park Village, an apartment complex in nearby Roxbury. This image is from an old American amateur colour transparency. It will look soft if used at too large a size – a vintage 1980s photograph.
Size: 2341px × 3543px
Location: 100 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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