Flamingo (Chicago sculpture)

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abstract sculpture outdoor sculpture public art steel sculpture

Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) is a large, bright-red abstract steel sculpture by Alexander Calder installed in Chicago’s Federal Plaza.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Flamingo (sculpture)	2
Calder Flamingo	1
Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1123276 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flamingo (Chicago sculpture)
Context triple: [Alexander Calder, notableWork, Flamingo (Chicago sculpture)]

A. Crown Fountain
Crown Fountain is an interactive public art installation in Chicago featuring twin glass brick towers that project video images of local residents and periodically spout water onto a shallow reflecting pool.
B. Make Way for Ducklings sculpture
The Make Way for Ducklings sculpture is a beloved bronze public artwork in Boston depicting the duck family from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book.
C. Bartholdi Fountain
The Bartholdi Fountain is a monumental bronze fountain in Washington, D.C., designed in the 19th century by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, best known for creating the Statue of Liberty.
D. Raíces Fountain
Raíces Fountain is a prominent seaside monument in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, featuring bronze sculptures that celebrate the island’s cultural and ethnic heritage.
E. Buckingham Fountain
Buckingham Fountain is a monumental, rococo-style fountain in Chicago’s Grant Park, famed for its large water displays and role as an iconic city landmark.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flamingo (Chicago sculpture)
Target entity description: Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) is a large, bright-red abstract steel sculpture by Alexander Calder installed in Chicago’s Federal Plaza.

A. Crown Fountain
Crown Fountain is an interactive public art installation in Chicago featuring twin glass brick towers that project video images of local residents and periodically spout water onto a shallow reflecting pool.
B. Make Way for Ducklings sculpture
The Make Way for Ducklings sculpture is a beloved bronze public artwork in Boston depicting the duck family from Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book.
C. Bartholdi Fountain
The Bartholdi Fountain is a monumental bronze fountain in Washington, D.C., designed in the 19th century by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, best known for creating the Statue of Liberty.
D. Raíces Fountain
Raíces Fountain is a prominent seaside monument in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, featuring bronze sculptures that celebrate the island’s cultural and ethnic heritage.
E. Buckingham Fountain
Buckingham Fountain is a monumental, rococo-style fountain in Chicago’s Grant Park, famed for its large water displays and role as an iconic city landmark.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abstract sculpture ⓘ outdoor sculpture ⓘ public art ⓘ steel sculpture ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) ⓘ surface form: Calder Flamingo
artist	Alexander Calder ⓘ
category	Landmarks in Chicago ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Chicago ⓘ Steel sculptures in Illinois ⓘ
city	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
color	bright red ⓘ
commissionedBy	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ surface form: United States General Services Administration
commissionPurpose	federal public art program ⓘ
coordinates	41.8787°N 87.6293°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Alexander Calder ⓘ
dateUnveiled	1974-10-25 ⓘ
designedBy	Alexander Calder ⓘ
featuredIn	Chicago public art tours ⓘ
genre	modern art ⓘ
hasArtMovement	Abstract art ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	iconic example of Alexander Calder’s monumental public sculpture ⓘ
hasLighting	illuminated at night ⓘ
hasPhotographicSubject	Chicago architecture and art photography ⓘ
hasStructuralSystem	welded steel ⓘ
hasSurfaceFinish	painted ⓘ
height	53 feet ⓘ approximately 16 meters ⓘ
installationType	fixed sculpture ⓘ
isFreestanding	yes ⓘ
isTouristAttraction	yes ⓘ
locatedInPlazaOf	Dirksen Federal Building ⓘ Kluczynski Federal Building ⓘ
location	City of Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago Federal Plaza ⓘ Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
material	steel ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ
partOf	Chicago Loop ⓘ surface form: Chicago Loop public art collection
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
style	abstract ⓘ
subject	flamingo (bird) in abstract form ⓘ
title	Flamingo ⓘ
yearCompleted	1974 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander Calder → notableWork → Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) ⓘ

Federal Center Plaza → hasPublicArt → Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flamingo (sculpture)

Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) → alsoKnownAs → Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calder Flamingo

Chicago Federal Center → publicArt → Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) ⓘ