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    		• Peleman, Michael,
     
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    		• Watertown Monument Works,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- De Smet, Pierre Jean
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Emblem -- Cross
     
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    		• Dress -- Ecclesiastical
     
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    		• Object -- Foliage
     
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    		• Religion -- Christianity
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- South Dakota -- De Smet
     
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    Father Pierre Jean De Smet Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Peleman, Michael, sculptor.
    Watertown Monument Works, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Father Pierre Jean De Smet Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Black Robe, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated June 8, 1986.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: fiberglass; Base: granite and concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 112 x 31 x 31 in.; Base: approx. 92 x 76 x 76 in.
    Inscription: 
    COPY BY/MICHAEL PELEMAN/BELGIUM 1985 (On front of base, incised:) AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF/FATHER PIERRE JEAN DE SMET OF THE SOCIETY/OF JESUS. WHO FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS OFFERED/HIS LIFE IN SERVICE OF THE INDIAN PEOPLE/TRAVELING FAR BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS/AND SHARING WITH HIS DEEP LOVE OF GOD/AND COUNTRY (On bronze plaque on front of base, in Latin:) PETRUS JOANNES DE SMET/E SOCIETATE JESU/PERPETUITATE LAUDIS VIVET/QUOD XXX ANNORUM LABORIBUS/INDOS ULTRA MONTES SAXOSOS/A BARBARIE AD RELIGIONEM CIVILEMQUE/CULTRUM/TRADUXIT/P.V.B.A VAN DEN NEST/DENDERMONDE, BELGIUM signed
    Description: 
    Standing figure of Father Pierre Jean De Smet. He is wearing a long black robe, gathered at waist with a tie; and a collared-cape buttoned at the front of his neck. He holds a crucifix in his upraised proper right hand; an olive branch in his extended proper left hand.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- De Smet, Pierre Jean -- Full length
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Emblem -- Cross
    Dress -- Ecclesiastical
    Object -- Foliage -- Olive Branch
    Religion -- Christianity
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- South Dakota -- De Smet
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    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of De Smet, Mayors Office, P. O. Box 70, De Smet, South Dakota 57231
    Located Washington Park, Corner of 3rd Street & Harvey Dunn Avenue, De Smet, South Dakota
    Remarks: 
    Father Pierre Jean De Smet left his native Belgium, came to America and began his missionary work in Dakota Territory in 1839 and continued until his death in 1873. He was known among the Indians as "Black Robe." The city of De Smet was named after him after his death. The statue is a replica of one erected to Father De Smet in 1984 in his hometown of Dendermonde, Belgium. De Smet residents raised $6,000 for the figure and an additional $7,000 for a granite base. Total cost was slightly over $16,000. The figure was fabricated in Dendermonde, Watertown Monument Works manufactured the granite base. IAS files contain related articles from South Dakota Magazine (May/June, 1992); Sioux Falls Argus Leader, June 8, 1986; The De Smet News (De Smet, SD), June 7, 1986, pg. 1, and De Smet News, June 11, 1986, pg. 1.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Dakota survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The De Smet News (De Smet, SD), June 7, 1986, pg. 1.
    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 SD000054
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