"I doubt they would put it atop the Picasso sculpture," he added, referring to the large sculpture that presides over Daley Plaza, several blocks away.

Across the street, the Richard J. Daley Center accommodates a famous Picasso sculpture and the state law courts.

But only a few miles away, the abstract Picasso sculpture in front of City Hall drew a different response.

On the wall, a Picasso sculpture of a bull's head fashioned from the saddle, handlebar and wheel of a bicycle.

Even the "Bust of Sylvette," a 36-foot-tall, 60-ton version of a Picasso sculpture, which stands within its grounds, manages to look away.

Before the Picasso sculpture, public sculptural artwork in Chicago was mainly of historical figures.

It had a black, narrow wooden face with big, round eyes, like a cartoon character, or a Picasso sculpture.

The city's huge Picasso sculpture turned 20 today, wearing a six-foot medal.

One time, a dealer offered him a Picasso sculpture for $1,500.

The other is "Monkey and Her Child," a Picasso sculpture from 1951; Christie's estimates it will fetch $5 million to $7 million.