Covered Wagon (sculpture)

Coordinates: 44°56′20″N 123°01′50″W / 44.93880°N 123.03046°W

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Covered Wagon
The relief in 2008

Artist	Leo Friedlander
Year	1934 (1934)
Type	Relief
Medium	Marble, granite
Subject	Pioneer family, horse, covered wagon
Condition	"Treatment needed" (1993)
Location	Salem, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	44°56′20″N 123°01′50″W / 44.93880°N 123.03046°W / 44.93880; -123.03046

Covered Wagon, also known as Oregon Trail Immigrants Memorial and Pioneer Family,^[1] is an outdoor 1934 white marble sculpture by Leo Friedlander installed outside the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Oregon, United States.

Description and history

Leo Friedlander's Covered Wagon (1934) is a high relief carving depicting a pioneer family in front of a covered wagon, located outside the Oregon State Capitol's main entrance.^[1]^[2] The figure group includes a father, mother and young boy, plus a horse. The father faces westward with his proper right hand shielding his eyes from the sun, while the mother is shown kneeling and facing forward. The white marble sculpture, carved from a block made of six smaller pieces, measures approximately 152 inches (3.9 m) x 18.5 feet (5.6 m) x 91 inches (2.3 m) and rests on a granite base that measures approximately 67 inches (1.7 m) x 19.5 feet (5.9 m) x 90 inches (2.3 m).^[1] On the back is a map illustrating the area covered by the Oregon Trail and depictions of pioneer life. The installation also includes a signed inscription that reads: LEO FRIEDLANDER SC VALIANT MEN HAVE THRUST OUR FRONTIERS TO THE SETTING SUN.^[1]

The sculpture was surveyed and considered "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in August 1993, and was administered by the Facilities Division of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services at that time.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Covered Wagon, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
^ Barnes, Christine (January 1, 2004). Only in Oregon: Natural and Manmade Landmarks and Oddities. Farcountry Press. p. 23. ISBN 9781560372929. Retrieved April 21, 2015.

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Public art in Salem, Oregon

Works

Afghan–Iraqi Freedom Memorial (2006)
Daughters of Union Veterans Civil War Memorial (1933)
Eco-Earth Globe (2003)
Grasshopper (1988)
Hatfield Fountain (1989)
Korean War Memorial
Lady Justice
Medal of Honor Monument
Over the Top to Victory (1924)
To Scale the Scales of Justice (2010)
Tom McCall Memorial (2008)
Town and Gown (1991)
Veterans of Foreign Wars Monument
World War I Memorial (1954)

Oregon State Capitol	Breyman Fountain (1904) Capitol Beaver Family (1985) The Circuit Rider (1924) Covered Wagon (1934) Statue of Jason Lee Lewis and Clark (1934) Liberty Bell (1950) Statue of John McLoughlin Oregon Pioneer Oregon Veterans Medal of Honor Memorial (2003) Oregon World War II Memorial (2014) A Parade of Animals (1991) Sprague Fountain (1980) Waite Fountain (1912)

Description and history

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