Spectators look at "Forever Marilyn", a sculpture by Seward Johnson


Spectators look at "Forever Marilyn", a sculpture by Seward Johnson, on July 15, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. The stainless steel and aluminum sculpture, which stands 26 feet tall and weighs 34,000 pounds, will be on display in Chicago through the spring of 2012. The sculpture was inspired by Marilyn MonroeĆ¢€™s iconic scene in the 1955 movie "Seven Year Itch".




Newly-wed bride Anya Nguyen and her bridesmaids look at "Forever Marilyn", a sculpture by Seward Johnson, on July 15, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. The stainless steel and aluminum sculpture, which stands 26 feet tall and weighs 34,000 pounds, will be on display in Chicago through the spring of 2012. The sculpture was inspired by Marilyn MonroeĆ¢€™s iconic scene in the 1955 movie "Seven Year Itch".

Visitors pose for pictures under a statue of the late actress Marilyn Monroe in a famous pose captured on the set of the 1955 Billy Wilder movie "The Seven Year Itch" as it towers over the south end of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, USA 16 July 2010. The 26 foot (8 meter) tall statue by artist Seward Johnson shows Monroe standing over a subway grate as a passing train below blows up her skirt and will remain on display until the Spring of 2012


Tourists on a double decker bus pause to view and photograph a statue of the late actress Marilyn Monroe in a famous pose captured on the set of the 1955 Billy Wilder movie "The Seven Year Itch" as it towers over the south end of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, USA 16 July 2010.




A woman compars her foot size with the foot of a statue of the late actress Marilyn Monroe in a famous pose captured on the set of the 1955 Billy Wilder movie "The Seven Year Itch" as it towers over the south end of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, USA 16 July 2010. The 26 foot (8 meter) tall statue by artist Seward Johnson shows Monroe standing over a subway grate as a passing train below blows up her skirt and will remain on display until the Spring of 2012.



People photograph and view a statue of the late actress Marilyn Monroe in a famous pose captured on the set of the 1955 Billy Wilder movie "The Seven Year Itch" as it towers over the south end of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, USA 16 July 2010. The 26 foot (8 meter) tall statue by artist Seward Johnson shows Monroe standing over a subway grate as a passing train below blows up her skirt and will remain on display until the Spring of 2012
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People gather around a statue of the late actress Marilyn Monroe in a famous pose captured on the set of the 1955 Billy Wilder movie "The Seven Year Itch" as it towers over the south end of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, USA 16 July 2010.

Visitors photograph a statue of the late actress Marilyn Monroe in a famous pose captured on the set of the 1955 Billy Wilder movie "The Seven Year Itch" as it towers over the south end of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, USA 16 July 2010. The 26 foot (8 meter) tall statue by artist Seward Johnson shows Monroe standing over a subway grate as a passing train below blows up her skirt and will remain on display until the Spring of 2012

The smiling face of Marilyn Monroe in a famous pose captured on the set of the 1955 Billy Wilder movie "The Seven Year Itch" towers over the south end of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, USA 16 July 2010. The 26 foot (8 meter) tall statue by artist Seward Johnson shows Monroe standing over a subway grate as a passing train below blows up her skirt and will remain on display until the Spring of 2012.

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