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Boyle, John J.,
Figure group -- Family
Ethnic -- Indian
Animal -- Dog
Object -- Weapon
Ceremony -- Dance
Allegory -- Civic
Occupation -- Hunter
Landscape -- Forest
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
Sculpture
The Alarm, (sculpture).
Artist:
Boyle, John J., 1851/52-1917, sculptor.
Title:
The Alarm, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1880. Dedicated May 17, 1884.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 8 x 4 x 4 ft.
Inscription:
John Boyle sculpt (Base front:) Presented to Lincoln
Park
by Martin Ryerson. (Base, on one granite tablet:) The Peace Pipe (Base, on another granite tablet:) The Corn Dance (Base, on another granite table:) Forestry (Base, on another granite table:) The Hunt signed
Description:
The main part of the monument is a standing brave and his seated wife who are alerted to some imminent danger off to the southwest; their papoose, dog, and bow and quiver of arrows are at their feet. There are four incised granite tablets on the base which contain scenes of Ottawa life. They depict "The Peace Pipe," "The Corn Dance," "Forestry," and "The Hunt."
Subject:
Figure group -- Family
Ethnic -- Indian -- Ottawa
Animal -- Dog
Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow
Ceremony -- Dance -- Corn Dance
Allegory -- Civic -- Peace
Occupation -- Hunter
Landscape -- Forest
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Illinois
--
Chicago
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
Chicago
Park
District
,
Preservation
Planning
Division
, 425 East McFetridge Drive,
Chicago
,
Illinois
60605
Located Lincoln
Park
, East of Lake Shore Drive,
Chicago
,
Illinois
Provenance:
Formerly located Lincoln
Park
Zoological
Park
,
Chicago
,
Illinois
until 1974.
Remarks:
The sculpture is the oldest monument erected on
Chicago
Park
District
land. It originally had four bronze bas-relief panels on its base that have since been replaced by incised granite tablets. Martin Ryerson provided the sculpture as a memorial to the Ottawa Nation of Indians.
Chicago
Park
District
Monument and Sculpture
Preservation
Files contain miscellaneous correspondence, news clippings, and conservation treatment reports with slide and photographic documentation. For related article see West, Myron H., "An Illustrated Guide of Lincoln
Park
,"
Chicago
: Gunthrop-Warren Printing, Co., 1911, pg. 11, 19.
References:
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. 156-157.
Riedy, James L., "
Chicago
Sculpture,"
Chicago
: University of
Illinois
Press, 1983, pg. 244-245.
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Illinois
,
Chicago
survey, 1992.
Bryan, I. J., comp., "A History of Lincoln
Park
and Annual Report of the Commissioners,"
Chicago
: The Commissioners, 1899, pg. 106.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 75004260
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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