Calder's Flamingo (1973) in Chicago's Federal Plaza

"I love red so much that I almost want to paint everything red." - Alexander Calder as quoted in The Artist's Voice: Talks with Seventeen Modern Artists, by Katharine Kuh, page 41 There was some construction going on when I photographed this August 2010. In this 2015 version, I've de-emphasised the color saturation of the construction materials.

Even Calder's signage is playful