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Leimbach, Auguste,
History -- United States
Figure group -- Family
Dress -- Historic
Object -- Weapon
Allegory -- Life
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Lamar
Sculpture
Madonna of the Trail, (sculpture).
Artist:
Leimbach, Auguste, 1882-1965, sculptor.
Title:
Madonna of the Trail, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Pioneer Mother, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1928. Dedicated Sept. 24, 1928.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: painted algonite; Base: algonite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 10 x 4 ft. in x 4 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. approx. 8 ft. 1 in. x 7 ft. x 7 ft.
Inscription:
(Front of base:) MADONNA OF THE TRAIL N.S.D.A.R. MEMORIAL/TO THE/PIONEER MOTHERS/OF THE/COVERED WAGON DAYS (South side of base:) A PLACE OF HISTORICAL LORE/NOTED FOR INDIAN LODGES/SHELTER FROM STORM AND HEAT/FOOD SUPPLY FOR BEAST/BIVOUAC FOR EXPEDITIONS/SCENE OF MANY COUNCILS (East side:) THE NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD (North side:) IN COMMEMORATION OF BIG TIMBERS EXTENDING EASTWARD AND WESTWARD ALONG ARKANSAS RIVER APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MILES AND OF BENT'S NEW FORT LATER FORT WISC 1852-1866 (Back of base:) USDAR copyright 1928 signed
Description:
A full-length, standing female figure, in pioneer clothing, with a long dress, boots, a sunbonnet, and a shawl. In her proper left arm she holds an infant and in her proper right hand she holds the top of the barrel of a rifle, the butt of which rests on the ground. A little boy is at her side, with his proper left hand on the rifle and his proper right hand holding the front of her dress. At the figures' feet is a bed of cactus and large leaves.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Westward Expansion
Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child
Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Allegory -- Life -- Womanhood
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Lamar
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Lamar, Parks Department, Lamar, Colorado 81052
Located Corner of Main & Beech, near Colorado Welcome Center, Lamar, Colorado
Remarks:
The statue is one of twelve similar monuments erected and funded by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in each of twelve states through which the National Old Trails Road or Cumberland Road passes. Each sculpture cost $1,000.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994.
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 CO000373
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CO000373
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