''Little Prince'', also known as ''The Little Prince'', is an outdoor 1995 copper and steel sculpture created by artist

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, located in the

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. It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection, courtesy of the

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The copper and steel sculpture of a crown resting on it side was installed in 1995 at the intersection of Northeast Multnomah Street and North Interstate Avenue, south of the

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in Portland's

. Funded by the City of Portland's Percent for Art program, the crown measures x x and is partially buried. According to the

, the agency which administers the sculpture, "It is a piece about imagination, desires and aspirations, conquests and struggles. It is the job of the viewer to create the story that goes along with the crown. Is it a victory and position of honor waiting to be claimed, or is there another story? Only the viewer can say."

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suggested, "The crown is resting on its side perhaps waiting as a prize to be claimed or as a symbol of a triumph to come." Averbuch was inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novella '' The Little Prince '' (1943), particularly its first chapter where the main character talks about his drawing of a boa constrictor swallowing an elephant being mistaken for a hat. The sculpture is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

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