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Giraffe sculpture and Cornelia Avenue apartments
View looking northeast across West Cornelia Avenue from North Elaine Place. A large sculpture of a giraffe stands at the southeast corner of the intersection. The apartment buildings at 714 West Cornelia Avenue and 712 West Cornelia Avenue are visible behind the sculpture.
1981
Tuscany Studios statuary display, Ohio Street at Wells
View looking northwest across the north side of West Ohio Street at the intersection with North Wells Street. In the foreground is a sidewalk display of concrete and plaster statuary at the retail location for Tuscany Studios, 163 West Ohio Street. 600 North Wells Street is at the far left. The building next to it on the right has been demolished. Behind that, the top part of 215 West Ontario Street (the former Kroeschell, Inc. headquarters) is visible.
1976
Michigan Avenue bridgehouse
View of the southwestern bridgehouse of the Michigan Avenue bridge.
1993
State Street Mall and Marshall Field's store
View of the State Street Mall looking north from Washington Street. On the right is the Marshall Field's department store. Virginio Ferrari's sculpture "Being Born" is visible on the sidewalk at the far right. The Chicago Theater and the United Insurance Building are in the distance.
1987
The Chicago Picasso, Civic Center Plaza
View showing the back of the steel Picasso sculpture installed in the Civic Center Plaza (later Daley Center).
1975
Chicago Federal Center plaza
View of the Federal Center plaza with Alexander Calder's 1974 sculpture "Flamingo" installed.
1974
Abraham Lincoln monument, North Western Avenue
View of an Abraham Lincoln monument installed on a traffic island on North Western Avenue just north of West Lawrence Avenue.
1967
Tuscany Studios statuary display, Ohio Street at Wells
Concrete statuary, planters and fountains available for sale from Tuscany Studios sidewalk display, located at 163 West Ohio Street, at the northeast corner of the intersection with North Wells Street. On the far left of the image, 600 North Wells is visible.
1985
Sculpture, State Street Mall [lighter version]
View of pedestrians walking past a large sculpture installed on the State Street Mall in front of the Carson Pirie Scott store (now Sullivan Center).
1980
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
View of the top part of one of Fernando Botero's bronze sculptures, during the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park. The upper parts of the Prudential Building (One Prudential Plaza) and the Aon Center are visible behind the work.
1994
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
View of Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture The Big Hand, installed for the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park. The Aon Center is visible in the distance.
1994
Christopher Columbus monument, Vernon Park
View of the top part of the Christopher Columbus monument in Vernon Park (now Arrigo Park).
1970
River City
View looking south toward River City (800 South Wells Street). The sculpture on the left is installed near West Harrison and South Wells Streets for the Sculpture Chicago '85 outdoor exhibition.
1985
Che Ca Gou sculpture, Chicago Place
View of an anodized metal sculpture installed on the rear wall of the top-level food court in the Chicago Place shopping center (700 North Michigan Avenue). The sculpture depicts several of the city's iconic skyscrapers, including the John Hancock building and the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower), arrayed in a fan shape and interspersed with large metal feathers, suggesting a Native American headdress. A group of wild onions are depicted in the center of the sculpture, and a curved panel below the cluster of onions bears the inscription "and the Illini called it Che Ca Gou".
1990
Dubuffet sculpture outside James R. Thompson Center
View of Jean Dubuffet's sculpture Monument with Standing Beast (Monument à la bête debut) installed in the plaza outside the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.
1985
Harold Washington Social Security Center and Batcolumn sculpture
View looking northwest at Claes Oldenburg's monumental-scale baseball bat sculpture "Batcolumn", installed on the plaza in front of the Harold Washington Social Security Center (600 West Madison Street).
1980
Three First National Plaza
View of the lower part of the 9-story atrium lobby of Three First National Plaza, located at 70 West Madison Street (at N. Dearborn). Henry Moore's sculpture "Large Internal-External Upright Form" occupies a prominent place in the lobby.
1985
James R. Thompson Center
View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center). Jean Dubuffet's sculpture "Monument with Standing Beast" stands on the plaza outside the building.
1985
James R. Thompson Center
View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center). Jean Dubuffet's sculpture "Monument with Standing Beast" stands on the plaza outside the building. The Greyhound Bus sign is also prominently visible.
1985
Civic Center Plaza with Picasso sculpture
View of the Picasso sculpture installed on the Civic Center Plaza (later Daley Center).
1968
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
View, looking northeast, at the installation of Fernando Botero's bronze sculptures for the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" in Grant Park.
1994
Three First National Plaza
View of the atrium lobby of Three First National Plaza, located at 70 West Madison Street (at N. Dearborn). The bronze sculpture "Large Internal-External Upright Form" by Henry Moore occupies a prominent place in the lobby.
1985
Chicago Civic Center Plaza and Brunswick Building
View of the lower portion of the Brunswick Building (Cook County Administration Building) seen from the Civic Center (Daley Center). The steel Picasso sculpture commissioned for the Civic Center plaza is at the right.
1968
Harold Washington Social Security Center and Batcolumn sculpture
View of Claes Oldenburg's monumental-scale baseball bat sculpture "Batcolumn", which stands on the plaza in front of the Harold Washington Social Security Center (600 West Madison Street). The side of the Chicago and North Western Station (demolished 1984) is visible in the distance beyond the sculpture.
1980
Sculpture on State Street Mall
Pedestrians viewing a large abstract sculpture installed on the State Street Mall in front of the Marshall Field's store (now Macy's).
1980
James R. Thompson Center, plaza
View of the plaza in front of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center), showing an outdoor plaza with a sculpture by artist Jean Dubuffet. The Greyhound Bus station (since moved) is visible in the background.
1985
James R. Thompson Center
View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center). Jean Dubuffet's sculpture "Monument with Standing Beast" stands on the plaza outside the building.
1985
Sculpture, State Street Mall [brighter version]
View of pedestrians walking past a large sculpture installed on the the State Street Mall in front of the Carson Pirie Scott department store (now Sullivan Center), taken around the time of the State Street Thanksgiving Parade.
1980
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
View, looking northeast, at Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture La Pensee/ Il Pensiamento, part of the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park.
1994
Carter H. Harrison monument
View of the top part of the Carter H. Harrison monument, showing the figure of Harrison.
1974
Horsepower I sculpture, Sedgwick Park
View of the sculpture Horsepower I, by Chicago sculptor John Kearney. The work is installed in Ogden Mall Park (Sedgwick Park), located between North Sedgwick Street and North Hudson Avenue, south of West Wisconsin Street. The sculpture consists of two large horses made from welded steel car bumpers, and is part of the art collection of the City of Chicago.
1975
Abraham Lincoln statue in Grant Park
Detail of "Seated Lincoln" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln in Grant Park.
1972
State Street Mall at Washington Street
View north along the State Street Mall from the intersection with Washington Street. Virginio Ferrari's sculpture "Being Born" stands at the right, in front of the Marshall Field's store. The buildings at the left, on the west side of the block, include 100 North State Street (Chicago Federal Savings Bank) and the Springer Block (Bay State Building and Kranz Building).
1987
North Michigan Avenue from the Art Institute
View of Michigan Avenue with the Gage group, Willoughby Tower, the former Montgomery Ward Tower (now condominiums), the Michigan Boulevard Building (formerly Michigan Avenue National Bank) and the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue). In the foreground Henry Moore's sculpture "Large Interior Form" stands in the Art Institute's North Stanley McCormick Memorial Garden.
1984

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Creator Facet: Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002   Subject Topic: Sculpture   Remove all