This one, done in 1967 by Henry Moore, is on Ellis Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets, smack dab in the middle of the University of Chicago, where an awful lot of construction is going on. South of the Midway, just a block south of The Court Theatre building, their parking garage, and the Athletic Center.
Alan Artner of the Tribune thinks this form is "perfect for the site of the first self-sustaining chain reaction that began the Atomic Age".
Not me, nor my friend. Hey, I'm not against modern art, I love some stuff, but this one leaves me cold - no pun intended. You can see the snow in the pictures. I though It looked like nothing so much as a football helmet, and my friend did that one better, saying it resembled Darth Vader's helmet. I hear that the scuttlebutt around the campus says that it is supposed to be a skeleton topped by a mushroom cloud. Whatever.
I have taken pictures from all sides to try and give you an idea.So, what do you think?
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