![](/images/cat_icons/topiary_art.gif)
Monument with Standing Beast by Jean Dubuffet - Chicago, Illinois
Posted by:
Hikenutty
N 41° 53.177 W 087° 37.853
16T E 447658 N 4637342
This is one of three of Jean Dubuffet's large sculptural works in the United States. The sculpture is based on Dubuffet's 1960 painting series Hourloupe.
Waymark Code: WM1VA6
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2007
Views: 231
The sculpture is said to represent the four elements: standing animal, a tree, a portal and an architectural form. The fiberglass piece is 29 feet (8.8 m) and weighs 10 tons (9091 kg).
It can be found at the James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago.