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Untitled - by Pablo Picasso
Unveiled: August 15, 1967.
Location: Richard J. Daley Civic Center Plaza, 50 W. Washington Street.
The sculpture is a gift by the artist Pablo Picasso to the people of Chicago.
Made of Corrosive Tensile ["Cor-Ten"] steel / 50 feet tall / 162 tons weight.
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"Chicago's Picasso" is said to be the most consequential sculptural installation in Chicago.
This post is about examining the widely accepted notion. Its significance can be evaluated by analyzing its impact on sculptures, sculptors and public policies.
Above Image: Untitled - by Pablo Picasso Flamingo - by Alexander Calder Untitled - by Herbert Ferber.
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Untitled - by Pablo Picasso
Unveiled: August 15, 1967.
Location: Richard J. Daley Civic Center Plaza, 50 W. Washington Street.
The sculpture is a gift by the artist Pablo Picasso to the people of Chicago.
Made of Corrosive Tensile ["Cor-Ten"] steel / 50 feet tall / 162 tons weight.
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Weeping Woman - by Pablo Picasso
1937 / Intaglio
Exhibit: Picasso and Chicago
Temporary Exhibit : February 20, 2013 – May 12, 2013 [The exhibition has been long over]
At Regenstein Hall [The Art Institute of Chicago]
Curator: Stephanie D'Alessandro
This print is one of the many from the series of Weeping Woman portraits...
The Old Guitarist - by Pablo Picasso
Late 1903–early 1904 / Oil on panel
Location: the Art Institute of Chicago [Modern/Contemporary Wing]
From the AIC website.. [click here..] Pablo Picasso produced The Old Guitarist, one of his most haunting images, while working in Barcelona. In the paintings of his Blue Period (1901–04), of which...
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Unveiling of Picasso's monumental sculpture at Daley Center Plaza
PICASSO and CHICAGO
Temporary Exhibit : February 20, 2013 – May 12, 2013
At Regenstein Hall [The Art Institute of Chicago]
Curator: Stephanie D'Alessandro.
The Exhibition marks the centennial anniversary of the Armory Show in 1913. at the Art Institute of Chicago [AIC] which became the first American...
PICASSO and CHICAGO
Temporary Exhibit : February 20, 2013 – May 12, 2013
At Regenstein Hall [The Art Institute of Chicago]
Curator: Stephanie D'Alessandro.
The Exhibition marks the centennial anniversary of the Armory Show in 1913. at the Art Institute of Chicago [AIC] which became the first American museum to exhibit works of Pablo Picasso [1881-1973]
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