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| Sears Wants to Buy Back Willis Tower Sculpture Made by Alexander Calder |
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CHICAGO (AP).- Sears may have moved out of its tower in downtown Chicago, but the company now wants to buy back a motorized sculpture in the building's lobby.
The brightly colored art installation, "The Universe," was created by Alexander Calder. It was unveiled at what was then the Sears Tower in October 1974.
Sears moved out of the building in the 1990s. The company told the tower's new owners in July that it wants to buy the sculpture at half its appraised value, which it says is allowed under a 1994 deal.
The tower's new owners have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to block the purchase.
George Collins, an attorney for the new owners, tells the Chicago Tribune the sculpture is part of the building.
The building was renamed the Willis Tower in 2009.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
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Today's News
October 6, 2010
For the First Time Ever, The Museo del Prado Exhibits Treasures from Its Library
Preserved Feathers and Scales of a Giant Penguin Fossil Gives Evolutionary Clues
Damien Hirst Fills the Paul Stolper Gallery with 120 Framed, Foilblock Butterfly Prints
First Exhibition in 45 Years Devoted to Renaissance Master Jan Gossart on View at Metropolitan Museum
Tiny Footprints from Poland Show that First Dinosaurs Walked on Little Cat Feet
Magnificent and Rare Collection of Mezzotints Acquired by the Art Fund for the British Museum
Record Number of Visitors this Summer for the United Kingdom's National Museums
Biennale of Sydney Announces Joint Artistic Directors for 2012: Catherine de Zegher and Gerald McMaster
Robert F. Kennedy-Owned Emancipation Proclamation Up for Auction
Nazi Praise Sparks Switzerland's Rethink of Modernist Architect Le Corbusier
Judd Foundation Announces It will Now Be Represented Exclusively by David Zwirner
Teotihuacan's Emblematic Monument, The Sun Pyramid, Still an Enigma for Archaeologists
£769,250 Achieved at Sotheby's for Rediscovered Paintings Depicting Tipu Sultan's Victory over the British
DeCordova Announces the Rappaport Endowment Fund and the Winner of the 11th Rappaport Prize
Completely Renewed, the National Museum of Cultures to Be Reopened
France 1500: Between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance at the Galeries nationales Grand Palais
New Work by Turner Prize Nominated Artist, Cornelia Parker, Loses Wing in Cuts Campaign
Sotheby's First-Ever Evening Sale of Islamic Art Realises £7 Million - Well Above Pre-Sale Expectations
Important Whistler and Old Master Prints at Swann Galleries' Three-Part Print Auction
The Onassis Cultural Center in New York Explores the Role of Heroes in Society
Portland-based Artist to Exhibit for Art For Arts' Sake Opening of the New Orleans Art Season
As 'Peanuts' Turn 60, Schulz Family Plans Future - More TV Specials and New Film
Sears Wants to Buy Back Willis Tower Sculpture Made by Alexander Calder
First Day of Historic Three-Day Attic Sale at Chatsworth Realises US$7 Million
First Kristin Baker Exhibition in an American Museum Opens at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sidney Nolan's Antarctic Paintings on Display at the Polar Museum in Cambridge
Baba Bling: The Peranakan Chinese of Singapore at the Musée du Quai Branly
Modern Works by Artist Joan Miró Displayed at Metropolitan Museum with Dutch Old Master Paintings
Sotheby's Hong Kong Fine Chinese 2010 Autumn Sale Fetches US$52.2 Million
Rainer Fetting's "Manscapes", Painted between 1974 and 2010, on View at Kunsthalle Tubingen
Fire Virtually Destroys Southeastern England Landmark 19th-Century Hastings Pier
More than 60 Rare and Unpublished Photographs by Richard Avedon Set for Auction
Maryhill Museum of Art Announces Plans for First Expansion in 70-Year History
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