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Giraffe sculpture and Cornelia Avenue apartments
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Image
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.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Tuscany Studios statuary display, Ohio Street at Wells
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Michigan Avenue bridgehouse
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Image
View of the southwestern bridgehouse of the Michigan Avenue bridge.
Date
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1993; 1928 (bridgehouse sculpture)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
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Public access
State Street Mall and Marshall Field's store
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Image
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.
Date
:
1987; 1914 (Marshall Field and Company Store)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
The Chicago Picasso, Civic Center Plaza
Image
Image
View showing the back of the steel Picasso sculpture installed in the Civic Center Plaza (later Daley Center).
Date
:
1975
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago Federal Center plaza
Image
Image
View of the Federal Center plaza with Alexander Calder's 1974 sculpture "Flamingo" installed.
Date
:
circa 1974
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Abraham Lincoln monument, North Western Avenue
Image
Image
View of an Abraham Lincoln monument installed on a traffic island on North Western Avenue just north of West Lawrence Avenue.
Date
:
1967
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
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Public access
Tuscany Studios statuary display, Ohio Street at Wells
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1985
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sculpture, State Street Mall [lighter version]
Image
Image
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).
Date
:
1980
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1994
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1994
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Christopher Columbus monument, Vernon Park
Image
Image
View of the top part of the Christopher Columbus monument in Vernon Park (now Arrigo Park).
Date
:
1970; 1892 (Christopher Columbus statue)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
River City
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1985
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Che Ca Gou sculpture, Chicago Place
Image
Image
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".
Date
:
1990; 1990 (Chicago Place)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Dubuffet sculpture outside James R. Thompson Center
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1985; 1984 (Dubuffet sculpture)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago Federal Center plaza
Image
Image
Undated view of the Federal Center plaza, looking towards the Dirksen Federal Building. Alexander Calder's sculpture "Flamingo" stands in the center of the plaza.
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Harold Washington Social Security Center and Batcolumn sculpture
Image
Image
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).
Date
:
1980; 1975 (Harold Washington Social Security Center); 1977 (Batcolumn)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Three First National Plaza
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1985; 1983 (Henry Moore sculpture)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1985; 1979-1985 (State of Illinois Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1985; 1979-1985 (State of Illinois Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Civic Center Plaza with Picasso sculpture
Image
Image
View of the Picasso sculpture installed on the Civic Center Plaza (later Daley Center).
Date
:
1968
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
The Chicago Picasso
Image
Image
View of the sculpture by artist Pablo Picasso installed in the Daley Center Plaza.
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
Image
Image
View, looking northeast, at the installation of Fernando Botero's bronze sculptures for the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" in Grant Park.
Date
:
1994
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Three First National Plaza
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1985; 1983 (Henry Moore sculpture)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago Civic Center Plaza and Brunswick Building
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1968
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago Picasso
Image
Image
Undated view of the sculpture by artist Pablo Picasso installed in the Daley Center Plaza.
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Harold Washington Social Security Center and Batcolumn sculpture
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1980; 1977 (Batcolumn)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sculpture on State Street Mall
Image
Image
Pedestrians viewing a large abstract sculpture installed on the State Street Mall in front of the Marshall Field's store (now Macy's).
Date
:
1980
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center, plaza
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1985; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1985; 1979-1985 (State of Illinois Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sculpture, State Street Mall [brighter version]
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1980
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
Image
Image
View, looking northeast, at Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture La Pensee/ Il Pensiamento, part of the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park.
Date
:
1994
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Carter H. Harrison monument
Image
Image
View of the top part of the Carter H. Harrison monument, showing the figure of Harrison.
Date
:
1974; 1907 (Carter Harrison Memorial)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Horsepower I sculpture, Sedgwick Park
Image
Image
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.
Date
:
1975; 1975 (Horsepower I)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Abraham Lincoln statue in Grant Park
Image
Image
Detail of "Seated Lincoln" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln in Grant Park.
Date
:
1972; 1904-1908 (Seated Lincoln)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
State Street Mall at Washington Street
Image
Image
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).
Date
:
1987; 1983 (Being Born sculpture)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue from the Art Institute
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Image
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.
Date
:
1984; 1953-1954 (Henry Moore sculpture); 1960 (McCormick Memorial Garden)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
The Chicago Picasso
Image
Image
Undated view of the Picasso sculpture installed in the Daley Center Plaza.
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Calder sculpture, Chicago Federal Center
Image
Image
Undated view of the Federal Center Post Office (Loop Post Office) and plaza with Alexander Calder's 1974 sculpture "Flamingo".
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
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