Talk:Chicago Picasso

Picasso's dirty joke/prank (?)
Whn I was in my teens visiting kin in Chicago in the mid 1970s, I heard some family members (natives of Chicago) discussing the sculpture as a example of Picasso's school-boy humor. They alleged the sculpture (when seen straight on) represented a woman's labia and clitoris. I got the impression that this interpretation was not unique to them, but had been a bit of a scandal when the sculpture was originally installed: giant downtown vulva! If this was a common perception, it should be mentioned,, but I have no idea how one would confirm it. I would be very surprised if any of the local papers would mention it. Has anyone else heard of this story, and how would anyone be able to document it? 165.91.64.125 (talk) 02:56, 10 December 2011 (UTC)RKH

Didn't Mayor Daley say something amusing when he first saw it? Speciate 03:25, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

According to Chicagoist: "Daley remarked "It looks like the wings of justice.""

A close family member of mine was the steelworker at American Bridge who laid out the steel for the sculpture. Years ago, he disclosed that while working on the project, the gentleman who oversaw the construction related that he disliked the mayor (or a comment made) and created this abstract of the female anatomy to represent how he felt. I recall my relative telling how the "overseer" stood over him throughout the process to make sure every piece was accurate and chuckling at having knowledge of the inside story that the artist shared with him during their brief time together. Unfortunately, both the artist and family member are deceased and the story remains urban lore. Perhaps the welder from AB can corroborate. --KNDevor (talk) 14:10, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Tête de baboon spelling
"Tête de" seems to be the French words for "Head of". However "Baboon" is an English word, as the French translation should be "babouin", with a "u" and a "i". Isn't this "baboon" a spelling mistake, as we should expect the whole title to be written consistently in only one language ? Teofilo talk  16:40, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

photo
here it is during an anti-war rally in 1970 https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwilson1949/3802459016/in/album-72157614049704111/ Victor Grigas (talk) 04:58, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello . Is this photo free use, would be nice for this page. If so can you load it up, I've never mastered that. Looking for myself in there (likely attended this rally, and actually used another image of it as our college newspaper front page). Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:37, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * It’s not cc-licensed apparently :) Victor Grigas (talk) 14:59, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

LSH Design References Out of Date
It appears that http://lshdesign.com is no longer active and has not been since at least February 19, 2016, according to Wayback Machine. Notes 5 and 6 rely on this source, so another citation for this information should be sought. 184.17.163.233 (talk) 18:06, 8 December 2016 (UTC)