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The West Wind — Thomas Ridgeway Gould, Rochester

A three-photo study of The West Wind shows a marble woman holding windblown drapery and two details of the carved folds.
Artwork FileRochester · USA

The West Wind

ReportedJul 2013

Thomas Ridgeway Gould · 1876 · Rochester

Artwork by Thomas Ridgeway Gould. Image from Street Art Utopia; photographer and camera date unconfirmed.

A gathered skirt and windblown folds turn marble into a picture of movement. This 1876 version of Thomas Ridgeway Gould’s The West Wind belongs to Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery. Source Checked

💡 4 things to know

  1. Movement in marbleThe figure gathers her skirt while its folds billow around her legs. Source Checked
  2. A full-scale versionHirschl & Adler identifies Rochester’s statue as a full-scale version dated 1876. Source Reported
  3. Stars around the waistStars decorate the belt; the museum’s interpretation connects them with the American flag. Source Reported
  4. A changed settingA July 2013 gallery report describes the sculpture’s move to the nineteenth-century galleries, against a blue wall. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, USA — collection location; check with the museum before visiting. Source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 20055 Aug

    Leonard G.’s Rochester photograph uploaded; camera date unconfirmed

  2. 201310 Feb–21 Apr

    Listed as a collection work in Art Reflected

  3. 201329 Jul

    Gallery report describes the statue against a new blue wall

Green stamps are dated photographs; amber stamps are records or reports. Publication dates are not camera dates. A dated sighting does not guarantee the work remains in place today.

🗞️ In the sources

Memorial Art Gallery2013 exhibition record

Art Reflected: The Inspiration of 100 Years

“Anne Havens – Thomas Ridgeway Gould, The West Wind”

The museum paired Anne Havens’s work with Gould’s sculpture.

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✅ The facts

Artist
Thomas Ridgeway Gould Source Checked
Title
The West Wind Source Checked
Date
1876, the Rochester version Source Checked
Material
Marble Source Checked
Collection
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester Source Checked
Accession
66.18, on the museum label transcribed with the photograph Source Reported

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All sources & image credits

Artwork by Thomas Ridgeway Gould. Image from Street Art Utopia; photographer and camera date unconfirmed.

Last checked: 23 October 2026 · How we verify art