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Dallin conceived the sculpture while studying in Paris at the Académie Julian with Henri Michel Chapu from 1888-1890. During this time, he made frequent visits to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, which was playing in the Bois de Boulogne. Rosa Bonheur, who worked alongside Dallin during this time, was similarly intrigued by the show and made sketches of Buffalo Bill with other Indigenous people, horses, and buffalo. Dallin elected to create a life-size equestrian statue depicting a Sioux Indian chief, using Philip, son of Kicking Bear, as the model for the statue.He first completed a plaster version of the statue and entered it into the Paris Salon of 1890, where it won honorable mention, which was uncommon for an American artist to receive at the time. He then paid for a bronze version of the sculpture to be cast in Paris.: 11  The bronze was later exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The Chicago judge Lambert Tree purchased this version of the sculpture and donated it to Lincoln Park, where it was dedicated on June 9, 1894.: 11
Kicking Bear Lambert Tree bronze Lincoln Park sculpture World's Columbian Exposition Sioux Paris Salon of 1890 Académie Julian Chicago Henri Michel Chapu Bois de Boulogne Sioux Indian Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Rosa Bonheur