# Cloud Gate Model/Paperweight

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-gate-model-paperweight/636077>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 28, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-gate-model-paperweight/636077 "2012-09-28T00:52:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-gate-model-paperweight/636077/1 "2012-09-28T00:52:22Z")

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It would be nice to keep a little bean on my desk, cannot find one anywhere.

Posters, calendars, screen savers, yes. Architectural models, paper weights, no dice.

Is there a reason for this?

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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-gate-model-paperweight/636077/2 "2012-09-28T01:03:17Z")

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That’s the silvery blob thingie we saw in “Source Code”, right? 😃

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**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-gate-model-paperweight/636077/3 "2012-09-28T02:22:47Z")

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Yep

You’ve found a nickname for Cloud Gate that would irritate Kapoor even more than The Bean.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloud-gate-model-paperweight/636077/4 "2012-09-28T04:25:28Z")

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Yes, a sculptural representation would infringe the artist’s copyright in the sculpture. A two-dimensional photographic or artistic representation does not, by the terms of US statute.

Interestingly, some of the major donors to Millennium Park _did_ get maquettes. I was touring a private art collection last year and asked the homeowner about his. “Oh, that’s the most expensive piece in the entire house,” he said with a wink.