A Signal of Peace, (sculpture).

A Signal of Peace, (sculpture).

Dallin, Cyrus Edwin, 1861-1944, sculptor.

Gruet, founder.

A Signal of Peace, (sculpture).

1890. Dedicated June 9, 1894.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 5 x 2 1/2 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 3 x 5 ft.

CE DALLIN / E. Gruet Jne Fondeur (founder's mark) (On bronze plaque:) A SIGNAL OF PEACE/THE GIFT OF/LAMBERT TREE signed Founder's mark appears.

Full-length figure of Sioux chief astride a pony. In his proper right hand he holds a spear vertically in the air and in his left hand holds the reins of the horse. This chief wears characteristic moccasins, breechcloth, and a feathered war bonnet, its feathers falling down his back and over the flanks of the pony. The point of a spear with a peace emblem tied to it once extended above the Indian's hand, but has been lost. The statue is placed on a high pedestal atop a man-made mound at the mouth of Diversey Harbor.

Allegory -- Civic -- Peace

Ethnic -- Indian -- Sioux

Animal -- Horse

Object -- Weapon -- Spear

Dress -- Accessory -- Hat

Dress -- Accessory -- Shoe

Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago

Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605

Located Lincoln Park, North of the entrance to Diversey Harbor, east of Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.

The sculpture was donated by Lambert Tree, who had seen the work on exhibit in 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition. Cost $10,000. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Preservation Files contain documents regarding the Lincoln Park Commissioners' acceptance of the sculpture and its location, memos concerning moving the piece, and conservation treatment reports with photographic documentation. For further information see Myron H. West's "An Illustrated Guide of Lincoln Park," Chicago: Gunthrop-Warren Printing, Co., 1911, pg. 10, 19; and I. J. Bryan, comp., "A History of Lincoln Park and Annual Report of the Commmissioners," Chicago: The Commissioners, 1899, pg. 105-106.

Eldredge, Charles C., Julie Schimmel & William H. Truettner, "Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945: Paths to Taos and Santa Fe," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art, 1986, fig. 16.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 154-155.

Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 34-36.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL5081, 1989.

Monumental News, Jan. and July, 1894; July 1922.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.

Eldredge, Charles C., Julie Schimmel & William H. Truettner, "Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945: Paths to Taos and Santa Fe," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art, 1986, fig. 16.

Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 154.

Monumental News, July 1922, pg. 426-427.

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