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Chicago Picasso - Wikipedia The Chicago Picasso (often just "The Picasso") is an untitled monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois The 1967 installation of the Picasso, "precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban planning, broadening the idea of public art beyond the commemorative "
Chicago Picasso, 1962-64 by Pablo Picasso Chicago Picasso, dedicated on August 15, 1967 in Daley Plaza in the Chicago Loop, is 50 feet (15 2 m) tall and weighs 162 tons It was the first such major public artwork in Downtown Chicago, and has become a well-known landmark
City of Chicago :: The Picasso (Untitled sculpture) The untitled Picasso sculpture that originally sparked controversy in the city has now become one of Chicago’s most famous sculptures and beloved icons The Chicago Picasso was commissioned in 1963 by the architects of the Richard J Daley Center to anchor the plaza on the east side of the building
Picasso’s Gift to Chicago - Chicago History Museum Picasso declined the city’s payment of $100,000, stating that it was his gift to Chicago The sculpture has since become a gathering place for all and an icon of the city
Happy 50th to the Chicago Picasso! - Chicago Public Library Over its 50 years, the Picasso statue has become one of the symbols of Chicago Some of the city's newer symbols, including Crown Fountain and Cloud Gate (the Bean), are found in Millennium Park
THE PICASSO - The Daley Center The sculpture was originally greeted with much controversy because of its abstract form but it quickly became a Chicago landmark The sculpture is unnamed and is often referred to as the “Chicago Picasso” or “The Picasso”
The Chicago Picasso - Plenty of Roads to Try People call it “The Chicago Picasso” (or even just “The Picasso”) On a walking tour hosted by the Chicago Architecture Center, our guide Tom shared this story It was the early 1960s, and a public sculpture was needed for the new Civic Center The most famous artist at the time was Pablo Picasso
Picasso and Chicago - The Art Institute of Chicago The first major Picasso exhibition organized by the Art Institute in almost 30 years presents over 250 of Picasso’s paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings
The Story Behind the Controversial Picasso Sculpture That Became a . . . Pablo Picasso was 85 when he gave the monumental untitled sculpture now famously known as The Chicago Picasso to the city in 1967 The work precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban planning, broadening the idea of public art beyond the commemorative
How one statue changed public art in the Loop forever The Chicago Picasso in Daley Plaza may be the strangest of the Loop’s many artistic landmarks Despite the ongoing controversy surrounding its purpose and intent, the Picasso remains iconic of the City of Chicago and the Loop to all who visit, work, or live here