Chicago Riverwalk / Constellation (2020) - by Santiago Calatrava

 

Constellation - by Santiago Calatrava

Installed: 2020

Painted aluminum with steel reinforcement / 29' H x 29' W

Location: River Point Park / 444 W. Lake Street

Funded by the real estate investment, development and management firm Hines.

Chicago - Near South Side / The BOTS (2018) - by David Weeks Studio

 Above Image: BOTS with sculptor David Weeks of the David Weeks Studio

The BOTS - by David Weeks Studio

Installed: 2018 

These are larger version of the wildly successful desktop puzzle toy - cubebot. 

Painted aluminum / Standing figure is 23' tall. 

Fabricated at the Vector Custom Fabricating

Location: Marriott Marquis bldg. (near McCormick Place)

at 2121 S Prairie Ave. Chicago, IL.

Chicago West / Play (1969) - by Richard Hunt

 

Play - by Richard Hunt

1967-69

Corten Steel / 12-foot square 

Location: John J. Madden Mental Health Center

1200 S 1st Ave, Hines, IL 60141

Play was Richard Hunt's first major public commissions. 

Walter Netsh, an artist from Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) commissioned Richard Hunt in 1967 to create this sculpture for the John J. Madden Mental Health Center.

Chicago - Northwest Side / Blue Geisha (1985) - by Jerry Peart

Blue Geisha - by Jerry Peart

1985

Painted aluminum / 39' x 24' x 22' / 9 tons

Location: 8750-8770 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago

Commissioned by Chicago's Miglin-Beitler Developments. It was a private commission, and the sculpture is located on private property. 

The same developers had earlier commissioned Louise Nevelson's "Dawn Shadows" at the Madison Plaza I.  Later the development firm Metropolitan Structures commissioned Jerry Peart for Splash (1987) at the Illinois Center complex. The sculpture Splash is now relocated at the Trickster Gallery in Schaumburg.

Chicago Near North Side / The Gentlemen Statues - by Ju Ming

The Gentlemen Statues  - by Ju Ming



The Gentlemen Statues - by Ju Ming

The sculptures are work of renowned Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming.

The sculptures are part of Ju Ming's "Living World Series"

The statues were purchased by the Great Eagle Holdings,
the parent company of Langham Hospitality Group,
who then had them installed.

Location: AMA Plaza, near the IBM building,
which houses the Langham Hotel
330 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

The sculpture features eleven bronze plated figures, wearing trench coats and holding umbrellas. The figures are minimalistic and blocky.

Chicago Loop / Daley Plaza / Untitled (known as Chicago Picasso) - by Pablo Picasso..

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.

Aon Center Plaza [Reflections (1986) - by Joseph A. Burlini]

Reflections - by Joseph A. Burlini

1986 

Bronze

Location: Aon Center Plaza [North Concourse of Aon Center]

Loop: 20 N. Michigan Avenue [Stone Arbor Fountain - by Carolann Haggard]

Stone Arbor Fountain - by Carolann Haggard

Location: Lobby atrium of 20 N. Michigan Avenue

Commissioned by U.S. Equity Realty of Chicago

Chicago - Near North Side / Allow Me - by J. Seward Johnson Jr.

Allow Me - by J. Seward Johnson Jr.

Allow Me - by J. Seward Johnson Jr.

 Plaza of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Chicago

120 East Delaware Place, Chicago, Illinois 60611

Chicago - Near North Side / Streeterville / Family - by Joseph J. O'Connell

Family - by Joseph J. O'Connell

1968 /  Bronze

War Memorial Court of American Dental Association

Chicago Loop / Radiant One - by Richard Lippord

Radient One - by Richard Lippord

Radiant One - by Richard Lippord

Installed: 1958

A group of red, gold and silver wires support a  stainless steel form

set above a reflecting pool

Location: Inland Steel Building Lobb

 30 W Monroe Street, Chicago, IL

Commissioned by The Inland Steel Corporation.

The building and the sculpture were designated as Chicago Landmark in 1998

Chicago - Near West Side / Untitled (1972) - by Herbert Ferber

Untitled - By Herbert Ferber

Installed: 1972

Corten steel / H 22 ft.

Location: Madison St. and Ogden Ave.

Commissioned by the American Dental Association.

Donated to the City of Chicago in 1992

Excerpt from the City of Chicago official website ...
Herbert Ferber was among the leading sculptors of the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1950s. In 1972, the American Dental Association commissioned this sculpture by Ferber, who held a degree in dentistry. It was donated to the City of Chicago in 1992.

 

Chicago Loop / Harris Bank Fountain - by Russell Secrest

Harris Bank Fountain - by Russell Secrest

Installed: 1975

Location: Harris Bank plaza at Monroe and LaSalle streets, Chicago Loop.

The fountain sculpture was commissioned by the Harris Bank

Seven jets of water splash from and through the seven blue-green, bronze pedestals that make up for this fountain sculpture. The interconnected petallike arms extend 6 1/2 feet in height and the water flows into a massive granite basin that is 22 feet in diameter.

Chicago Loop / Chicago Totem - by Abbott Pattison

Chicago Totem (1964) - by Abbott Pattison

Bronze / 15-foot tall

Location: 400 E Randolph Street 

Commissioned by the Jupiter Corporation, 

developers of the Outer Drive East Apartments

In making his Chicago Totem, sculptor Abbott Pattison wanted to represent his native city with a totem that like Chicago is "soaring, living, writhing with animal force". His soaring 15-foor bronze was commissioned for its frequently wind-swept site by the Jupiter Corporation, developers of the Outer Drive East Apartments. 

Reference: A Guide to Chicago's Public Art By Ira J Bach and Mary Lackritz Gray

Chicago Loop / Arris - by John Henry

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Arris - by John Henry

Installed: 1975

Description: Aluminum, H 42 ft. x W 15 ft. x D 15 ft.

Location: Cermak Rd. and Indiana Ave. 

Located adjacent to McCormick Place

Commissioned by Amalgamated Trust and Savings Bank 

Chicago North / Lincoln Park / Greene Vardiman Black - by Frederick Cleveland Hibbard

Green Vardiman Black - by Frederick Cleveland Hibbard

Green Vardiman Black - by Frederick Cleveland Hibbard

Location: Lincoln Park, north of North Ave. at Astor Street.

Donated by the National Dental Association, 

in appreciation for Black's services to the profession.

Chicago Loop / One Financial Place Plaza / San Marco II - by Ludovico De Luigi

San Marco II - by Ludovico de Luigi

San Marco II - Ludovico De Luigi

1986 / Bronze / H 9 ft. 

Location: One Financial Place Plaza, 440 S. LaSalle St 

Purchased by Financial Place Corporation

 De Luigi conveyed a sense of motion by capturing the horse in mid-stride. Deeply incised lines emphasize the animal’s musculature, implying great power and virility. 

 The inspiration for Ludovico de Luigi’s San Marco II came from a set of 11th century sculptures of four horses that grace the facade of St. Mark’s Basilica on the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. By adding idealized characteristics, the artist illustrates the historic association of horses with strength and progress.

Chicago - Near North / Being Born - by Virginio Ferrari

Being Born - by Vierginio Ferrari

Being Born - by Virginio Ferrari

Installed: 1983

Stainless steel, granite, and water / 624.9 x 701 x 548.6 cm..

Location: Intersection of Ontario, Ohio, and Orleans Sts .

Located at the Ohio Street exit of the Kennedy Expressway

Donated to the people of Chicago by the Tooling and Manufacturing Association 

(Previously known as the Tool and Die Institute).

Initially located at the corner of State and Washington streets, Chicago, Illinois, 1983. Relocated in 1996, with the collaboration of Chicago Gateway Green, to the Donald J. DePorter Gateway, intersection of Ontario, Ohio, and Orleans streets, Chicago, Illinois.

Chicago - Grant Park / Reading Cones - by Richard Serra

Reading Cones  - by Richard Serra

Reading Cones - by Richard Serra

1988 / Installed: 1990

Description: Two freestanding 17-foot tall curved steel walls 

Location: Grant Park 

 South of E. Monroe Dr. (100 S.) and east of S. Columbus Dr. (301 E.)

 Chicago, IL 60603

Donated by Leo Burnett Company in 1990

Chicago Loop / We Will (2005) - by Richard Hunt

We Will (2005) - by Richard Hunt

Welded Stainless Steel / 35' H x 8'W x 8'D

Location: Heritage Building

at the corner of Randolph and Garland Court

near the Chicago Cultural Center and the Millennium Park

Commissioned by the Mesa Development Company

the developers of condominium in Chicago .