Saint-Gaudens took 12 years to complete the seated figure, but it was not
unveiled until 1926, more than 20 years afterward. Architect Stanford
White designed the semi-circular site, built on land reclaimed from
Lake Michigan.Saint Gaudens Statue
in Grant Park
Just south of the Chicago Art Institute east of Michigan Avenue you can
see another bronze Abraham Lincoln statue by sculptor Augustus
Saint-Gaudens. It was given to the city of Chicago by John Crerar, who
left a $100,000 bequest in 1889 to construct a Lincoln statue.
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