- City:
- Clare, MI
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculptures
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1938
- Artist:
- Samuel Cashwan
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Sculpted by Samuel Cashwan in 1938 for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), “Pioneer Mother” is a deco modern-style sculpture on the south side of the Clare High School, now the Clare Middle School. It has the appearance of a madonna and child, with the mother’s face elongated and the child clinging to her breast. It was recently conserved and remains outside the school.
Source notes
https://bluelemon.me/2012/10/17/the-gerald-mast-wpa-murals-clare-michigan/Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on June 21, 2017.
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