In 1969 the Brunswick Corporation commissioned a design from Miró for this sculpture, but they decided not to proceed due to the costs. This bronze model of Miró's Chicago (pictured below) is in the Milwaukee Art Museum collection. In 1979 the first female Mayor of Chicago, Jane Byrne, agreed to find funds for the sculpture assuming that another 50% could be found elsewhere. After the commitment of several institutions, foundations and individuals, construction began with Miró reducing the cost by donating his design to the city and the names of the contributors included in the specification. The City of Chicago contributed $250,000 and the majority funding came from the other donors.[3]
miró, chicago, originally, called, moon, star, sculpture, joan, miró, feet, tall, made, steel, wire, mesh, concrete, bronze, ceramic, tile, artistjoan, miróyear1981typemixed, media, sculpturedimensions12, locationbrunswick, plaza, chicagocoordinates41, 88306, . Miro s Chicago originally called The Sun the Moon and One Star 1 is a sculpture by Joan Miro It is 39 feet 12 m tall and is made of steel wire mesh concrete bronze and ceramic tile 2 Miro s ChicagoArtistJoan MiroYear1981TypeMixed media sculptureDimensions12 m 39 ft LocationBrunswick Plaza ChicagoCoordinates41 52 59 N 87 37 49 W 41 88306 N 87 63037 W 41 88306 87 63037 Contents 1 History 2 Location 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editIn 1969 the Brunswick Corporation commissioned a design from Miro for this sculpture but they decided not to proceed due to the costs This bronze model of Miro s Chicago pictured below is in the Milwaukee Art Museum collection In 1979 the first female Mayor of Chicago Jane Byrne agreed to find funds for the sculpture assuming that another 50 could be found elsewhere After the commitment of several institutions foundations and individuals construction began with Miro reducing the cost by donating his design to the city and the names of the contributors included in the specification The City of Chicago contributed 250 000 and the majority funding came from the other donors 3 Location editIt is located between the Cook County Administration Building and the Chicago Temple Building in the downtown Loop community area of Chicago Illinois 3 This location is directly to the south of the Daley Center and nearly directly south of the Chicago Picasso The sculpture was unveiled in this space called Brunswick Plaza on April 21 1981 1 nbsp Lunchtime view nbsp Bronze model 1967 Milwaukee Art Museum See also editList of public art in ChicagoReferences edit a b Miro Chicago Chicago Public Library August 1997 Retrieved June 6 2007 Public Art Guide PDF City of Chicago Archived from the original PDF on August 10 2011 Retrieved September 22 2011 a b Art Inventories Catalogue Smithsonian Institution 2004 Retrieved July 1 2007 nbsp This Chicago related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a sculpture in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miro 27s Chicago amp oldid 1176135861, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
