Located at Daley Plaza, the great Pablo Picasso's gift to the city of Chicago was unveiled in 1967. It was the first significant public abstract work of art in the city. Initially met with great dislike, it is now more appreciated and has become an iconic landmark in Chicago's Loop. Definitely worth a look and a photo if nearby or even can be appreciated from the street as you drive by it.

I think this iconic but unnamed piece represents Chicago - is Chicago. "Chicago" combines many older urban elements into a new, unique but striking and powerful metropolis. The art work is like nothing you have ever seen. And Chicago is like no other city in the world. Not particularly pretty, but strong, real, unique. An original. This is one of four large artworks (Calder, Chagall, Miro, and Picasso) w/in a few blocks of each other inside the Loop along Dearborn. Installed between 1967 and 1981, these four artworks celebrate Chicago's status as a Great City. Very walkable free experience. Very cool. The greatest artists on earth celebrating Chicago. Be proud Chicago.

Long after he completed the untitled monumental sculpture that commands the Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago, Pablo Picasso said it represented the head of his Afghan hound. After its unveiling in 1967, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist Mike Royko wrote: "Interesting design, I'm sure. But the fact is it has a long stupid face and looks like some giant insect that is about to eat a smaller, weaker insect." Whatever it is, the Picasso is a well known Chicago landmark, the first monumental abstract public artwork in downtown Chicago. Located at 50 West Washington Street, Standing 50 feet tall and weighing over 160 tons, the Picasso is built of Cor-Ten steel, the same material as the exterior of the Daley Center. It was assembled and constructed at the U.S. Steel Company in Gary, Indiana, and unveiled and dedicated in Daley Plaza on August 15, 1967. "A gift to the people of Chicago," Picasso said in his dedication letter, without explaining what the sculpture was intended to represent. It is known for its inviting jungle gym-like characteristics. Visitors to Daley Plaza can often be seen climbing on and sliding down the base of the sculpture.