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(Chicago Park District in green, University of Chicago in yellow background) Fountain of Time, or simply Time, is a sculpture by Lorado Taft, measuring 126 feet 10 inches (38.66 m) in length, situated at the western edge of the Midway Plaisance within Washington Park in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. [1]
Adjusted price (in millions US) Original price (in millions US) Sculpture Image Artist Year Date of sale Seller Buyer Auction house Refs $181.6 $141.3 L'Homme au doigt: Alberto Giacometti: 1947 11 May 2015: Sheldon Solow: Private collection: Christie's, New York [12] $145.7 $104.3 L'Homme qui marche I: Alberto Giacometti: 1961 3 February 2010 ...
Sylvia Shaw Judson (June 30, 1897 – August 31, 1978) was a professional sculptor who worked first in Chicago and later in Lake Forest, Illinois.She created a broad range of sculptural artworks, notably garden pieces depicting children and animals.
Midway Gardens (opened in 1914, demolished in 1929) was a 360,000 square feet [1] indoor/outdoor entertainment facility in the Hyde Park neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. It was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright , who also collaborated with sculptors Richard Bock and Alfonso Iannelli on the famous "sprite" sculptures decorating ...
Art Institute of Chicago: Destroyed 1949 The Republic: 1893 and 1918 A one third sized version of the 65 foot tall statue was placed in Jackson Park, Chicago in 1918: French and Potter (French created the human figures and Potter the animals.) Columbian Quadriga: staff c. 1892–1893 A modified version of this was formed of copper in 1906 as
The sunken panels, home now to soccer players and ice skating and sports facility, the cross-street "bridges", and the east–west lines of trees, pay homage to Olmsted's vision. In 1999, a new master plan for the Midway Plaisance done by OLIN, a landscape architecture firm, was unveiled by the University of Chicago and the Chicago Park District.
The Statue of The Republic is a 24-foot-high (7.3 m) gilded bronze sculpture in Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois by Daniel Chester French. It is based on a colossal original statue, which was a centerpiece of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. That statue was made of temporary materials and was destroyed after the fair.