Proposal for the Iowa State College Cemetery, this depicts a female figure in long skirts. The pioneer theme was used to suggest the rural background of the State of Iowa and Iowa State College.
Published onDec 19, 2023
225. Pioneer Woman (Alma Mater)
In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Date
1938
Material
Plaster
Dimensions
23 x 7 x 6 in. (58.4 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm)
Description
Proposal for the Iowa State College Cemetery, this depicts a female figure in long skirts. The pioneer theme was used to suggest the rural background of the State of Iowa and Iowa State College.
Markings
n/a
Provenance / Location
Charlotte Petersen; Private collection; CPAC, Anonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Petersen. UM89.19
Alternate Title(s)
n/a
Notes / Sources
Papers, SC, Box 2 f.2, Pioneer “designed about 20 years ago for the college cemetery – depicts the Alma Mater or Mother thinking of her lost ones” Pioneer theme to represent rural background of Iowa and Iowa State; Box 4 f.4, Loomis to Fisher, Oct 1954 “willingness to do an Alma Mater…an Alma mater group in stone be placed across the street facing the [Union] fountain and on an axis with Gold Star Hall. The statue must go some 120 feet east and south of the campus” but not placed in “cemetery”; “Alma Mater fountain…”
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