Administered by Chicago Park District Preservation Planning Division 425 East McFetridge Drive Chicago Illinois 60605
Located Grant Park Michigan Avenue at Ninth Street Chicago Illinois
Date:
1894-97. Dedicated on July 22, 1897
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 7-8.
Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 235.
Greenthal, Kathryn, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 28 and 152.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0141, 1989.
Monumental News, May 1894; Nov. 1905.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1993.
Church, Phimister Proctor, 2000.
Image on file.
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 7.
Greenthal, Kathryn, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 28 and 152.
AVGVSTVS.SAINT-GAVDENS MDCCCXCVII / The Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co Founders New York 1897 (In bronze letters on rear of base:) Born in Illinois February II/MDCCCXXVI Died in Washington/December XXVI MDCCCLXXXVI/While Senator of the United States/from Illinois (Front:) Erected by the State of Illinois/in honor of Major General John A. Logan signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A portrait of General John Logan riding a charging horse. He holds a flag pole with his proper right hand.
