Chicago Picasso

The Chicago Picasso is an untitled monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois. The 1967 installation of The Picasso, "precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban planning, broadening the idea of public art beyond the commemorative."The COR-TEN steel sculpture, dedicated on August 15, 1967, in the civic plaza in the Chicago Loop, is 50 feet tall and weighs 162 short tons. The Cubist sculpture by Picasso, who later said that it represented the head of his Afghan Hound, named Kabul, was the first such major public artwork in Downtown Chicago, and has become a well-known landmark. Publicly accessible, it is known for its inviting jungle gym-like characteristics. Visitors to Daley Plaza can often be seen climbing on and sliding down the base of the sculpture.