Miro's Chicago

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Lunchtime view
Lunchtime view
Miro's Chicago
Joan Miro, 1981
Steel, wire mesh, concrete, bronze and ceramic tile
Chicago, IL, Chicago Temple Building (outdoor)
39 feet (12 m)

Miro's Chicago (originally called The Sun, the Moon and One Star)[1] is a sculpture by Joan Miro tucked between the George W. Dunn Cook County Office Building (The Cook County Administration Building) and the Chicago Temple Building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.[2] It was unveiled on this space called Brunswick Plaza on April 21, 1981.[1] This location is directly to the south of Daley Center and nearly directly south of Chicago Picasso. It is 39 feet (12 m) Steel, wire mesh, concrete, bronze and ceramic tile work of art.[3] A bronze model of this sculpture is in the Milwaukee Art Museum collection (pictured below).

Lunchtime view
Lunchtime view
A 1967 bronze model of the sculpture called Project for a Monument (Moon, Sun and One Star).
A 1967 bronze model of the sculpture called Project for a Monument (Moon, Sun and One Star).

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Miro: Chicago. Chicago Public Library (August 1997). Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
  2. ^ Art Inventories Catalogue. Smithsonian Institution (2004). Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
  3. ^ Artropolis. Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
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