Covered Wagon, (sculpture) | Smithsonian Institution

Object Details

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1993.; SOS Assessment Award, 2000.; Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.; Image on file.; (Lower right:) LEO FRIEDLANDER SC VALIANT MEN HAVE THRUST OUR FRONTIERS TO THE SETTING SUN signed; 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.
Summary: A high relief carving of a pioneer family, with a father, a mother, and a young boy, in front of their covered wagon. A horse is grazing beside the wagon. The mother is kneeling and facing to the front; the father looks toward the west with his proper right hand raise to shield his eyes from the sun. The sculpture is carved from a block of marble composed of six smaller blocks. The back is carved with a map of the area covered by the Oregon Trail, and scenes of pioneer life.

1934

Owner/Location: Administered by State of Oregon Facilities Division 1225 Ferry Street, S.E Salem Ohio 97310; Located Oregon State Capitol 900 Court Street N.E Salem Oregon

Title: Oregon Trail Immigrants Memorial, (sculpture); Pioneer Family, (sculpture)

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic: Figure group--Family; History--United States--Westward Expansion; Architecture--Vehicle--Wagon; Animal--Horse