What is Chicago Picasso?
{{Infobox Sculpture | image = 2004-09-07 1800x2400 chicago picasso.jpg | image_upright = 1 | title = Chicago Picasso | artist = [[Pablo Picasso]] | year = 1967 | type = Sculpture | height_imperial = 50 | imperial_unit = ft | metric_unit = m | city = [[Chicago]] | museum = [[Richard J. Daley Center|Daley Plaza]] | coordinates = {{coord|41.88361|-87.62997|region:US-IL_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | italic title = no }} The '''Chicago Picasso''' (often just ''The Picasso'') is an untitled [[monumental sculpture]] by [[Pablo Picasso]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. The sculpture was dedicated on August 15, 1967 in [[Richard J. Daley Center|Daley Plaza]] in the [[Chicago Loop]]. It is {{convert|50|ft|m|1|}} tall and weighs {{convert|162|ST}}.<ref name=library>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060831142953/http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/picasso.html 1967 August 15--Picasso Statue Unveiled In Civic Center Plaza.] Chicago Public Library (URL accessed 14 August 2005).</ref> 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.<ref name=Ubepa>{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CTRB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=103E954277686DD4&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=AA98CDC331574F0ABEAFF732B33DC0B2|title=Unfinished, but engaging, public art - `Cloud Gate' and Crown Fountain intrigue |access-date=2008-08-06|date=2004-07-18|publisher=Newsbank|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|author=Artner, Alan G.}}</ref> Visitors to Daley Plaza can often be seen climbing on and sliding down the base of the sculpture. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:Sculptures]] [[Category:Landmarks in Chicago]] [[Category:1967 works]] [[Category:1960s in art]]