Other public sculptures

1. Bison, 1909, (Edward Kemeys) Humboldt Park
Alan Artner:The lions flanking the stairs to the Art Institute of Chicago are some of the most famous animal sculptures in North America; much less known is this pair of bison from the same period that overlooks an arbor and intimate garden.

2. Entrance sculpture, 1916, (Alfonso Iannelli) Kenna Apartments, 2214 E. 69th St.
Artner: Iannelli's diverse career generated public sculptures for Frank Lloyd Wright's Midway Gardens as well as the image of the rock on the Prudential Building; the early figurative piece here is warmly, touchingly domestic.

3. Theodore Thomas Memorial (The Spirit of Music), 1923,
(Albin Polasek) Grant Park, Michigan Avenue at Balbo Drive.
Artner: This goddess originally struck her lyre directly across from Orchestra Hall, theoretically within earshot of the Chicago Symphony, the ensemble Thomas founded and conducted.

4. Clarence, 1927,(Marcel Francois Loyau) Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park, Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway.
Artner: The four great sea horses symbolize the states that border on Lake Michigan in a fountain twice the size as the one it was modeled after in the gardens of Versailles.

5. Figures, reliefs, urn for Louis Hippach Family Chapel, 1928, (Richard Bock) Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery, Villa Park.
Artner: Serene funerary art by a longtime collaborator with Frank Lloyd Wright; a re-creation of a famous fountain they allegedly created together is in Oak Park's Scoville Park.

6. Radiant One, 1957, (Richard Lippold) Lobby of 30 W. Monroe St.
Artner: The earliest successful abstract sculpture on permanent display in the Loop uses metal rods and wires to create a shimmering play of light (enhanced by a reflecting pool) that now seems to embody the futuristic aspirations of the Space Age.

7. Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969, (Barbara Hepworth) Northwestern University's Mary and Leigh Block Museum Sculpture Garden, Evanston.
Artner: The masterful British artist created a number of her sculptures in wood, stone and bronze to be seen in her own garden at St. Ives, Cornwall. The monumental cast bronze piece and its display here bring us close to her ideas about abstract art in the natural environment.

8. Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic, 1976, (Isamu Noguchi) Columbus Drive between Monroe and Jackson Drives.
Artner: Noguchi's Bicentennial fountain is in fact a celebration of aspects of the natural landscape. Using 3-million-year-old granite from Minnesota, the artist evoked both a tree and spring through a folded upright slab and split reclining column.

9. Batcolumn, 1977, (Claes Oldenburg) 600 W. Madison St.
Artner: The only one of Oldenburg's sculptures of everyday objects to be created in open-work form, this piece of painted Cor-Ten steel wryly gives the American obsession with sports the same status as an ancient obelisk or imperial column.

10. I Will, 1981, (Ellsworth Kelly) Lincoln Park, Lake Shore and Fullerton Drives.

Related topic galleries: Richard Serra, Humboldt Park, Society, Claes Oldenburg, Oak Park, Villa Park, Art Institute of Chicago

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