Final Study for the Pioneer Mother Monument
Datec. 1913-1915
Artist
Charles Grafly
(American sculptor, 1862–1929)
MediumBronze
Dimensions40 × 21 × 15 in. (101.6 × 53.3 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dorothy Grafly, 1962
Object number1962-21
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label TextIn 1913 Philadelphia sculptor Charles Grafly began preparing models for a sculptural memorial to "The Pioneer Mother." Commissioned for placement on the approach to the Fine Arts building of the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, the memorial was funded by a statewide campaign and private subscription raised from the children of pioneer mothers who crossed the plains hoping to find a new life for their families in California.
