''A Signal of Peace'' is an 1890

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equestrian

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Cyrus Edwin Dallin Cyrus Edwin Dallin (November 22, 1861 – November 14, 1944) was an American sculptor best known for his depictions of Native Americans. He created more than 260 works, including the ''Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere'' in Boston, Massac ...

located in

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, Chicago. ''A Signal of Peace'' is one of Dallin's four most prominent sculptures of indigenous people known as ''The Epic of the Indian'', which also includes '' The Medicine Man'' (1899), ''

Protest of the Sioux ''Protest of the Sioux'', also known as ''The Protest,'' is a 1904 equestrian statue by Cyrus Dallin. It was the third of four important statues of indigenous people on horseback commonly known as ''The Epic of the Indian'', which also includes ...

'' (1904), and ''

Appeal to the Great Spirit ''Appeal to the Great Spirit'' is a 1908 equestrian statue by Cyrus Dallin, located in front of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It portrays a Native American on horseback facing skyward, his arms spread wide in a spiritual request to the Great S ...

'' (1908).

History

Cyrus Dallin created the sculpture while on his first trip to Paris in 1889-1890. The model for his preliminary studies was Philip, son of Kicking Bear and a participant in

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's Wild West Show. He took a risk and had it cast at his own expense for display at the Paris Salon of 1890 where it won an honorable mention. While modeling ''A Signal of Peace'', he worked beside a friend the female French Artist,

Rosa Bonheur Rosa Bonheur (born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur; 16 March 1822 – 25 May 1899) was a French artist known best as a painter of animals ( animalière). She also made sculpture in a realist style. Her paintings include ''Ploughing in the Nivernais'', fir ...

. The sculpture was exhibited at the 1893

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. It was dedicated on June 9, 1894. The sculpture cost $10,000, and was donated by Lambert Tree. ''A Signal of Peace'', (sculpture)"
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