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Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005
Cloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005
TitleCloud Gate, polishing, May 19, 2005
DescriptionA worker refines the surface of the sculpture using a double action disk sander, rubbing out the fine scratches left from the platen sander. The official dedication ceremony for Cloud Gate occurred May 16, 2006. Maggie Daley, wife of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, attended the ceremony and declared that it was officially Cloud Gate Day. Anish Kapoor also attended the dedication and stated that he was "deeply touched and truly proud of the way in which 'Cloud Gate', the Bean, has entered the public consciousness."
NeighborhoodLoop (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGMSteel
Scaffolding
Construction workers
Ladders
Reflections
Plywood
Subject.LCSHCloud Gate (Chicago, Ill.) -- Design and Construction
Subject.AATstructural steel
work lights
respirators
disk sanders
PhotographerUnknown
ArtistsKapoor, Anish, 1954-
ContributorsCourtesy of U.S. Equities Realty and the men and women who built Millennium Park
Date Of Download5/19/2005
Time Period2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009
Repository NumberSPE-MP USER Cloud Gate 2005.5.19.7
Repository NameChicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
CollectionMillennium Park, U.S. Equities Realty Collection
Rightshttp://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php
Languageeng
TypeImage
Original Formatjpeg
GenrePortrait photographs
Progress photographs
Original Size317 KB
Original Resolution (dpi)72
Original Dimension (Pixels)1280x960
Camera SpecificationsSony CD MAVICA
BookCloud Gate
ChapterChapter 13: Final polishing
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