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''Covered Wagon'', also known as ''Oregon Trail Immigrants Memorial'' and ''Pioneer Family'', is an outdoor 1934 white marble sculpture by Leo Friedlander installed outside the
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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 The Oregon State Capitol is the building housing the state legislature and the offices of the governor, secretary of state, and treasurer of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in the state capitol, Salem. Constructed from 1936 to 1938 ...
's main entrance. 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 Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common geological "parent" limestone, in particular the ability to absorb light a small distance into the surface be ...
, carved from a block made of six smaller pieces, measures approximately x x and rests on a granite base that measures approximately x x . 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: . 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.


See also

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1934 in art Events from the year 1934 in art. Events *April – David Low (cartoonist), David Low's cartoon character Colonel Blimp first appears in the London ''Evening Standard''. *April 10 – ''The Just Judges'', a panel of the Ghent Altarpiece painted ...
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Stone carving Stone carving is an activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. Owing to the permanence of the material, stone work has survived which was created during our prehistory or past time. Work carried ...
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Stone sculpture A stone sculpture is an object made of stone which has been shaped, usually by carving, or assembled to form a visually interesting three-dimensional shape. Stone is more durable than most alternative materials, making it especially important in ...
* ''The Promised Land'' (sculpture), Portland, Oregon


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''Covered Wagon'' (Pioneer Family) relief at the Oregon State Capitol building in Salem, Oregon
DC Memorials
Capitol Tour Web Exhibit
Oregon Blue Book
''Covered Wagon'', Salem, Oregon, from the series The American Monument
(1972),
Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...

Covered Wagon, (sculpture)
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