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Pioneer Family, (sculpture). Artist:  Fairbanks, Avard, 1897-1987, sculptor. E. Gargani & Sons, founder. Title:  Pioneer Family, (sculpture). Dates:  1946. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: diamond granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 x 10 x 7 ft.; Base: approx. 55 in. x 10 ft. x 7 ft. Inscription:  (Proper right, bottom front on sculpture:) Avard Fairbanks 1946 (Proper left, back bottom on sculpture:) Gargani & Sons Artstudio, NY (On back of sculpture:) No trails too rugged/No obstacles too large/No mountains too high/to stop the sturdy frontiersman/with sureness of purpose/with daring and venture and from generation to generation/the pioneering spirit moves always forward and onward/to greater goals signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  The father of this Pioneer family stands between the mother and a son. The mother cradles a baby, wrapped in a blanket, in her arms, their heads close together. The father looks forward, and holds his son's proper right hand; his proper right arm is around the shoulders of the mother. The boy's proper left hand rests on a wagon wheel (which per the artist is a symbol for civilization on the march). Sculpted foliage partially overlaps the bottom of the wheel. Subject:  Figure group -- Family History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Object -- Other -- Wheel Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude Allegory -- Other -- Civilization Allegory -- Life -- Family Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Bismarck Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of North Dakota, Facility Management (State Capitol), 600 East Boulevard, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505 Located North Dakota State Capitol, On the Mall, Bismarck, North Dakota Remarks:  IAS files contain related article from Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, ND), Aug. 28, 1947, pg. 2, as well as several unidentified newspaper articles (some with images of the sculpture) relating to erection, dedication of monument. Cost fifty thousand dollars. A plaque on the ground in front of base states: The Pioneer Family/Presented to the state of North Dakota/by Harry Falconer McLean/To honor the memory of/the pioneers of the great northwest/this plaque erected by/the Bismarck chapter of pioneer daughters. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Dakota survey, 1992. Bismarck Tribune, (Bismarck, ND), Aug. 28, 1947. Illustration:  Image on file. Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, ND), Aug. 28, 1947, pg. 2. 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 ND000003   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture ND000003 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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