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draft - A Signal of Peace statue
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Artist: Cyrus Edwin Dallin
Funder: n/a, purchased by Lambert Tree
Date: 1890, installed 1894
This sculpture was sculpted in Paris in 1890 while Dallin was a student. It was displayed in the 1890 Paris Salon, then shipped to Chicago for the 1893 World's Fair. Lambert Tree purchased it for $3,000 cash and arranged for it to be permanently displayed in Lincoln Park.
Sources:
“A Signal of Peace: Artwork,” Chicago Park District.
“A Signal of Peace,” Chicago Monuments Project.