Motherhood Memorial Monument, (sculpture).

Motherhood Memorial Monument, (sculpture).

Gorum, Jerry, sculptor.

Dell Ray Bronze, founder.

Motherhood Memorial Monument, (sculpture).

Motherhood Statue, (sculpture).

Motherhood Monument, (sculpture).

Cast 1986. Copyrighted 1986 or 1987. Dedicated May 10, 1987.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete and stucco.

Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 11 in. x 3 ft. 11 in. x 5 ft. 11 in.

(On mother's proper right, lower part of rocking-chair:) (copyright symbol)/JERRY GORUM/1986 L.M. CAST by/DELLRAY BRONZE INC. (On bronze plaque on front of base:) NAMES PLACED ON THIS PLAQUE STANDS (sic) AS A MONUMENT/TO EXPRESS LOVE AND HONOR FOR MOTHERS EVERYWHERE/LIVING AND DECEASED/MOTHERHOOD MEMORIAL/(two-hundred names listed in four columns) (On three small plaques on the base below large plaque:) (first plaque:) ERECTED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF/MAYOR FRED H. BADEN AND CITY COUNCIL/(second plaque:) PRECIOUS MOTHER'S LOVE/"THY CHILDREN ADORE THEE" (third plaque:) SCULPTOR, JERRY GORUM/CASTING, DELLRAY BRONZE, INC. (On front of Bible, incised:) Holy/Bible signed Founder's mark appears.

The monument consists of a mother seated in a rocking chair with her baby daughter in her lap and her young son climbing up onto her knee. She holds a Bible in her proper right hand. The mother has her hair pulled up into a bun, wears small horn-rimmed glasses, and a long-sleeved, ankle-length dress. The daughter holds a doll in her arms and wears a knee-length dress, socks and shoes. The son is barefoot and is dressed in overalls. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base.

Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child

Object -- Toy -- Doll

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Object -- Written Matter -- Bible

Object -- Furniture -- Chair

Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Pineville

Administered by City of Pineville, 910 Main Street, Pineville, Louisiana 71301

Located Kees Park, 2450 Highway 28 East, Pineville, Louisiana

The sculpture cost $49,000 and was commissioned by Pineville's mayor Fred Baden. The funds were raised through donations of $250 for listing the name of the donor's mother or spouse on the bronze plaque on the monument's base. IAS files contain articles from River Cities (1987): pg. 12, 34; and The Dallas Morning News, Aug. 31, 1986, pg. 53A; and a copy of the dedication program. In addition, IAS files contain letters and contracts documenting the agreements between the artist and the City of Pineville for the sculpture's execution and funding; the artist's statement; fund-raising letters developed by the Motherhood Memorial Committee; and a letter from Mayor Fred Baden to the committee members with information on obtaining contributions and the site chosen for the monument.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1995.

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