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View source →Pablo Picasso, 1964
Medium
Simulated and oxidized welded steel
Dimensions
104.8 × 69.9 × 48.3 cm (41 1/4 × 27 1/2 × 19 in.)
Style
Late Picasso
Decade
1960s
The official Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois record identifies Maquette for Richard J. Daley Center Sculpture as a Pablo Picasso sculpture, dated 1964, in Simulated and oxidized welded steel. Chicago’s collection of public art was initiated on August 15, 1967, when Mayor Richard J. Daley dedicated an untitled sculpture commonly known as "The Picasso" in Chicago’s new Civic Center (now the Richard J. Daley Center). Just four years earlier, architect William Hartmann of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill had approached Pablo Picasso with the commission. The artist accepted and crafted two steel maquettes; he kept one in his studio and gave the other to the architect to use in planning. The sculpture’s presence inspired private and public investment in more works for the cityscape over the years, including recent additions in nearby Millennium Park.
Maquette for Richard J. Daley Center Sculpture is grouped under Late Period for gallery navigation using the date published by Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. This period label provides high-level art-historical orientation and does not supersede the primary collection record. The institutional credit line is: Gift of Pablo Picasso.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Public Collection — Open to visitors
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Public collection / market value not asserted
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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