Miro's Chicago

Sculpture


title = Miro's Chicago
artist = Joan Miro
year = 1981
type = Steel, wire mesh, concrete, bronze and ceramic tile
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city = Chicago, IL
museum = Chicago Temple Building (outdoor)
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"Miro's Chicago" (originally called "The Sun, the Moon and One Star")cite web|url=http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/miro.html|accessdate=2007-06-06|year=1997|month=August|publisher=Chicago Public Library|title=Miro: Chicago] 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. [cite web|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1N83264W7X277.2656&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!296149~!219&ri=1&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+Illinois+--+Chicago&index=&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1|accessdate=2007-07-01|date=2004|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|title=Art Inventories Catalogue] It was unveiled on this space called Brunswick Plaza on April 21 1981. This location is directly to the south of Daley Center and nearly directly south of "Chicago Picasso". It is Ft to m|39 Steel, wire mesh, concrete, bronze and ceramic tile work of art. [cite web|url=http://www.merchandisemart.com/artropolis/citywide_events/public_art/index.html|accessdate=2007-05-30|date=2007|publisher=Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.|title=Artropolis] A bronze model of this sculpture is in the Milwaukee Art Museum collection (pictured below).

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