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The Pioneer Mother Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Fairbanks, Avard, 1897-1987, sculptor. Title:  The Pioneer Mother Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Pioneer Mothers, (sculpture). Dates:  1928. Copyrighted 1928. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Medallion: bronze; Base: granite, concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 3 ft. x 21 in.; Medallion: approx. Diam. 36 in.; Base: approx. 102 in. x 18 ft. x 15 ft. Inscription:  (At woman's foot:) Avard Fairbanks/1928 (On medallion below wagon:) (copyright symbol) 1928 Avard Fairbanks (On medallion:) THE/PIONEER/MOTHERS (On concrete backdrop, below medallion:) ERECTED.IN.MEMORY.OF/THE.PIONEER.MOTHERS/THROUGH.THE.GIFT.OF/MR. & MRS. E. G. CRAWFORD/1928 signed Description:  Full-length bronze figure group of a mother and three children. The mother is dressed in traditional pioneer clothing and wears a long dress, shawl and shoes. She is standing, facing forward; in her proper right hand she holds the barrel of a flintlock rifle. On her proper left are two small girls. The mother has her proper left hand on the tallest girl's head. The tallest girl holds the smaller one with her proper left hand under the other's proper right arm. The smallest girl faces the taller one and looks into her face while nestling against the mother's proper left knee. To the mother's proper right is a small boy, clinging to her skirts. The boy leans against the rifle. The bronze figure group stands in front of a concrete backdrop which emanates up from a wide rough-hewn granite base. On the back side of the backdrop is a bronze medallion with bas-relief. The relief depicts a team of oxen pulling a covered wagon. The oxen are led by a man. Inside the wagon are a woman and baby. Attached to the side of the wagon is a large barrel. At the bottom of the medallion is a relief of a cattle skull. Subject:  History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Figure group -- Female & Child Object -- Weapon -- Gun Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress Animal -- Cattle Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Vancouver Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Vancouver, Parks & Recreation, P. O. Box 1995, Vancouver, Washington 98668 Located West 8th & Daniel Street, Vancouver, Washington References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 77003022   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77003022 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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