Flying Dragon - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 52.811 W 087° 37.424
16T E 448247 N 4636661
This Calder sculpture is located in a sculpture garden next to the Art Institute of Chicago.
Waymark Code: WMC5V4
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2011
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Alexander Calder is a famous American abstract sculptor. In fact, his humungous Flamingo is just a few blocks from here. This much smaller work is entitled Flying Dragon and is dated 1975. It is made of red painted steel plate.
According to the Wikipedia article about the sculpture (
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