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Carved transom [ramma] panels from the Phoenix Hall [Hooden] - by Takamura Koun
Transom Panels from Phoenix Hall at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
Gallery 100 / Japanese Art Galleries
Wood with polychromy / 31 ¼ x 109 3/4 x 3 inches each.
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August 2015 created quite an excitement among Chicago historians and art aficionados with the announcement that three Japanese sliding door paintings from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition were discovered in a Park District storage facility. “At a time when we are working to honor Jackson Park’s historic past by revitalizing the park to restore Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision, it is a thrilling...
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Sculptures "Agriculture" and "Industry" - Unknown Artist
Location: Chicago Board of Trade building plaza.
Description: Granite / 12 foot high / Five-&-half ton weight..
Lost for 49 years. Returned to original location after 75 years.
The plaque reads.. "Now a part of the LaSalle Street Plaza, the exchange's symbolic statues serve as a daily...
Chicago Rising from the Lake – by Milton Horn
Location: Chicago River Esplanade / North bank of Chicago River
Completed: 1954
The bronze, 12 x 7 foot sculpture weighs 3 1/2 tons. The sculpture is symbolic of the city of Chicago. The female figure represents Chicago. She stands hip-deep into water, symbolizing Chicago emerging...
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Fountain Girl - by George Wade
Originally created: 1893 [Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition].
Lost sometimes in the 1950s.
Recreated and reinstalled: 2013, after 50 years of going missing, recast from a copy of the original in Portland, Maine.
Location: Lincoln Park south of W. LaSalle Drive and east of...
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Theodore Thomas Memorial / The Spirit of Music Statue - by Albin Polasek [sculptor] and Howard Van Doren Shaw [architect].
Location: Chicago’s Grant Park on the corner of Balbo and South Michigan Avenue, near the Hilton Hotel.
Completed: 1923
Commissioned by the B.F. Ferguson Monument Fund, as a memorial to Theodore Thomas [1835-1905], first conductor of...
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