The white 12 m (39-foot) tall head made out of resin and marble dust is the latest sculpture by the Spanish artist.
Entitled Olhar nos meus sonhos (To see my dreams), the sculpture portrays a girl with her eyes are closed.
Jaume Plensa says the aim of the sculpture is “to make people dream”.
The artist, who was born in Barcelona in 1955, is best known for creating public sculptures on a monumental scale.
Jaume Plensa’s work Echo, on display in New York’s Madison Square Park, depicts the head of a nine-year girl seemingly lost in thought.
Another of Jaume Plensa’s female heads, called Dream, can be seen in St. Helens in England.
Olhar nos meus sonhos will be on display on Botafogo beach for two months as part of the public art exhibition Other Ideas for Rio.
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