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Chicago Picasso - by Pablo Picasso |
Untitled - Known as Chicago Picasso - by Pablo Picasso
Unveiled: 1967
Corten steel / 50 feet tall and weighs 162 tons
Location: Richard J. Daley Civic Center Plaza,
50 W. Washington St., Chicago, IL 60602
The architects of Richard Daley Center commissioned the sculpture. The architects chose Pablo Picasso, a renowned Spanish artist to create this sculpture.
Picasso refused the $100,000 payment offered to him, stating that he wanted to make the sculpture a Gift to the people of Chicago. The marquette for the sculpture is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC).
The sculpture was made of Cor-Ten steel fabricated by the American Bridge Company in Gary, Indiana. The steel peices were rolled by USS Gary Works. the world's largest rolling mill of its kind at the time. The pieces were assembled, disassembled and then transported to Chicago for reconstruction. The sculpture was assembled on site in the Daley Plaza.