Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial
- Also Known As: The Black Angel
Black Angel
Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial is a bronze sculpture of an angel by American artist Daniel C French. - AsNotedIn
Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial is a bronze sculpture of an angel by American artist Daniel C French. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1916/08/00 | Ruth Anne Dodge | Health | One night, Ruth Dodge dreams she is standing on a rocky shore when a boat appears out of the mist and a tall and beautiful angle, carrying a basin of water, says "Drink, I bring you both a promise and a blessing". Ruth declines. | |||
| 1916/09/00 | Ruth Anne Dodge | Health | On the third time Ruth Dodge dreams of the boat and the angle offering water, Ruth drinks. | |||
| 1916/12/18 | In late 1916, Anne Dodge and Ella Dodge Pusey commission a memorial for their late mother, Ruth Anne Dodge. According to French's account book, first payment for the sculpture was made 18 December 1916. | |||||
| 1918/00/00 | Daniel Chester French | Sculptor | Daniel C French completes "The Black Angel" for the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial in Council Bluffs, Iowa. | |||
| 1920/00/00 | Henry Bacon | Architect | The pink marble pedestal, cut to suggest a ship's prow and garlanded with swags, rises out of a semicircular reflecting pool at the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial. | |||
| 1920/03/00 | Ruth Anne Dodge | In Memoriam | Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial is dedicated. |
| Particulars for Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial: | |
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| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Art |
| Material | Bronze |
| Criteria Consideration | Commemorative property |
| Architectural Water Apparatus | Fountain |
| Material | Marble |
| Sight Category | Object |
| Attribute | Outdoor |
| Art Type | Sculpture |
| Historic Use | Water Works |
| Historic Use | Work of Art |
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