Fat Chance

May 18

Farms of Fulton County, No. 1.

Farms of Fulton County, No. 1.

Faceted curtain wall, at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, Chicago, Illinois. 

Faceted curtain wall, at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, Chicago, Illinois. 

Obligatory Bean, with lowering sky.
Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor, 2006, in Millennium Park, Chicago.
No matter your resolve, if you have a camera in your hands when you visit Millennium Park, you will take a photograph of The Bean. It’s a rule. 

Obligatory Bean, with lowering sky.

Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor, 2006, in Millennium Park, Chicago.

No matter your resolve, if you have a camera in your hands when you visit Millennium Park, you will take a photograph of The Bean. It’s a rule. 

The Spirit of Music / Theodore Thomas Memorial.
In Grant Park, sculpted by Albin Polasek, 1923. Viewed from the north, the statue displays a striking full-frontalness not normally seen in prudish American civic art. The sculpture and garden honor Theodore Thomas, the first conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

The Spirit of Music / Theodore Thomas Memorial.

In Grant Park, sculpted by Albin Polasek, 1923. Viewed from the north, the statue displays a striking full-frontalness not normally seen in prudish American civic art. The sculpture and garden honor Theodore Thomas, the first conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

The Bowman.
In the Congress Plaza Garden at Grant Park, By Ivan Mestrovic, 1928.

The Bowman.

In the Congress Plaza Garden at Grant Park, By Ivan Mestrovic, 1928.

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Renoir Hands, No. 5.
Detail / Madame Léon Clapisson / 1883 / Pierre-August Renoir / Art Institute of Chicago

Renoir Hands, No. 5.

Detail / Madame Léon Clapisson / 1883 / Pierre-August Renoir / Art Institute of Chicago

Renoir Hands, No. 4.
Detail / Two Sisters (On the Terrace) / 1881 / Pierre-August Renoir / Art Institute of Chicago

Renoir Hands, No. 4.

Detail / Two Sisters (On the Terrace) / 1881 / Pierre-August Renoir / Art Institute of Chicago

Renoir Hands, No. 3.
Detail / Jean Renoir Sewing / 1899 / Pierre-August Renoir / Art Institute of Chicago

Renoir Hands, No. 3.

Detail / Jean Renoir Sewing / 1899 / Pierre-August Renoir / Art Institute of Chicago

Renoir Hands, No. 2.
Detail / Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers’ Lunch) / 1875 / Pierre-August Renoir / Art Institute of Chicago

Renoir Hands, No. 2.

Detail / Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers’ Lunch) / 1875 / Pierre-August Renoir / Art Institute of Chicago

Renoir Hands, No. 1.
Detail / Young Woman Sewing / 1897 / Pierre-August Renoir / Art Institute of Chicago

Renoir Hands, No. 1.

Detail / Young Woman Sewing / 1897 / Pierre-August Renoir / Art Institute of Chicago