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The Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  The Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Angel, (sculpture). Black Angel, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1917. 1918. Dedicated 1920. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Angel: bronze; Basin: granite. Dimensions:  Angel: approx. 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 ft.; Basin: approx. 3 x 22 1/2 x 12 1/2 ft. Inscription:  Roman Bronze Works (Lower right side of basin:) Daniel Chester French (Left side of wall behind basin, incised:) "TO THE BLESSED MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED MOTHER/RUTH ANNE DODGE/BORN MAY 23, 1833 DIED SEPTEMBER 4, 1916/THIS MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED/BY HER TWO DAUGHTERS/ELLA AND ANNE/(line of text) PROV. 31:28 (Right side of wall behind basin, incised:) "BLESSED ARE THE PURE OF HEART, FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD."/MATT. 5:8/"AND HE SHOWED ME A PURE RIVER OF THE WATER OF LIFE;/CLEAR AND CRYSTAL, PROCEEDING OUT OF THE THRONE/OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB." REV. 22:1/"LET HIM THAT IS ATHRIST COME AND WHOEVER WILL,/LET HIM TAKE OF THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY." REV. 22:17 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  An angel wearing a gown stretches her proper right arm forward and holds a bowl in her proper left hand. She stands on the prow of a boat sitting in a semi-circular basin. The bowl pours water into the basin. Behind the boat and basin is a wall with inscriptions and in front of the basin are three semi-circular steps going down to ground-level. Subject:  Homage -- Dodge, Ruth Anne Religion -- Angel Architecture -- Boat Object -- Other -- Dish Religion -- Old Testament -- Proverbs Religion -- New Testament -- Matthew Religion -- New Testament -- Revelations Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Council Bluffs, Parks Department, 209 Pearl Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 Located Fairview Cemetery, 2nd & Lafayette Streets, Council Bluffs, Iowa Remarks:  Commissioned and donated by Anne Dodge and Eleanor Dodge Pusey in memory of their mother, Ruth Anne Dodge, 1833-1916. Cost of the sculpture was approximately $12,000. Mrs. Dodge was the wife of Grenville M. Dodge, a Civil War general and railroad executive. It is a translation of the dreams of Mrs. Dodge on three nights before her death. Sculpture is on the Register of National Historic Places. IAS files contain two articles, one from 1965 with a newsphoto, and a related brochure, "The Angel by Daniel Chester French." Monument was restored in June 1984. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 IA000042   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IA000042 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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