Chicago's Picasso

Chicago's Picasso
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The Chicago Picasso (often just The Picasso) is an untitled monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Chicago, says Wikiprdia.

The sculpture, dedicated in 1967 in Daley Plaza in the Chicago Loop, is 50 feet (15.2 m) tall and weighs 162 tons.[1]

The Cubist sculpture by Picasso was the first such major public artwork in Downtown Chicago, and has become a well known landmark.

It is known for its inviting jungle gym-like characteristics.[2] Visitors to Daley Plaza can often be seen climbing on and sliding down the base of the sculpture.

The cost of constructing the sculpture was $352,000, paid mostly by three charitable foundations.

Picasso himself was offered payment of $100,000 but refused it, stating that he wanted to make a gift of his work.[4]


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