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Literature P.J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1973, pp. 94-95, 96, pl. 88, another example illustrated. R.G. Francis, Cyrus E. Dallin: Let Justice Be Done, Springville, Utah, 1976, pp. 37-40, another example illustrated.
Conceived as the first of four important life-size equestrian monuments that illustrate the "cycle of Indian's relations with the white man", Dallin modeled a life sized version of The Signal of Peace in clay in 1899 and it was cast in Paris the following year. 1 The sculpture was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1890 and the Chicago Exposition in 1893. The original life sized sculpture was purchased and donated to the city of Chicago by Judge Lambert Tree and it was dedicated in Lincoln Park in 1894 where it remains. The Signal of Peace led to Dallin receiving major recognition as a sculptor, and he was elected to the National Sculpture Society in 1893.
In The Spirit of Peace, a Sioux chief in full war bonnet sits astride a motionless horse. In his right hand he holds a spear vertically and gazes forward "totally trusting and ready to offer his friendship and good will with the newcomers." 2 Dallin was inspired to create the sculpture from a meeting he witnessed as a child between Ute Indians and United States Army officers. 3
1 P.J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1973, p. 94. 2 Ibid., p. 95. 3 Ibid., p. 95.
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