Spiral Galaxy is an outdoor stainless steel sculpture by John David Mooney, installed outside the Adler Planetarium on Chicago's Northerly Island, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
| Spiral Galaxy | |
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 The sculpture in 2008 | |
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| Artist | John David Mooney |
| Year | 1998 |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| 41°51′57.66″N 87°36′25.82″W / 41.8660167°N 87.6071722°W | |
Description and history
editThe work was commissioned by the Vatican Observatory in 1994 to commemorate the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena conference, and inspired by Galileo's drawings and early photographs of the closest galaxies to Earth. The 14-foot (4.3 m) sculpture was installed at Navy Pier in 1998, then temporarily exhibited in Sarasota, Florida. Spiral Galaxy was moved to its current location in 2005, to commemorate the planetarium's 75th anniversary.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Spiral Galaxy". Chicago Park District. Archived from the original on 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
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