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''Monument with Standing Beast'' is a sculpture by Jean Dubuffet in front of the Helmut Jahn designed James R. Thompson Center in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Its location is across the street from Chicago City Hall to the South and diagonal across the street from the Daley Center to the southeast. It is a white fiberglass work of art. The piece is a 10 ton or work. It was unveiled on November 28, 1984.〔 This is one of Dubuffet's three monumental sculpture commissions in the United States. It has been taken to represent a standing animal, a tree, a portal and an architectural form.〔 The sculpture is based on Dubuffet's 1960 painting series ''Hourioupe''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2007-06-06 )〕 The sculpture and the series of figural and landscape designs it is a part of reflects his thoughts of earliest monumental commission, for the One Chase Manhattan Plaza.〔 The sculpture is one of 19 commissioned artworks funded under the State of Illinois Art-in-Architecture Program throughout the building.〔 This was commissioned by the Capital Development Board of Illinois.〔 The sculpture is affectionately known to many Chicagoans as "Snoopy in a blender".〔 ==See also== * List of public art in Chicago 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monument with Standing Beast」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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