End of the Trail
Object NameBronze sculpture
Artist / Maker
James Earle Fraser
(American, 1876 - 1953)
OriginUnited States
MediumBronze, marble base
Dimensions17 1/4 × 17 × 1 3/4 in. (43.8 × 43.2 × 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mary & Arlo Paul in memory of Frances W. Paul. In the permanent collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberum86.584
Status
On viewCollections
CultureAmerican
Label TextOriginally sculpted in 1894. A large plaster version of the work was displayed at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and was awarded a gold medal. Soon prints and photographs of the statue became popular. When the Exposition closed, bronze was not available for casting statues because of World War I and the plaster sculpture was thrown into a mud pit in Marina Park near the site of the Exhibition. Fraser sold two sizes of bronze copies starting in 1918. The plaster version was rescued in 1919 and moved to Mooney Grove Park, near Visalia, California.
MarkingsSigned "J. E. Fraser" on the right front.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Farm House Museum, Parlor
Object Name: Oil Lamp with Collar
Union Glass Co.
1860s
Object number: UM2012.300
Object Name: Whale Oil Lamp
Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company
1852-1894
Object number: UM2012.307
Object Name: Whale Oil Lamp with Prism Collar
1840-1860
Object number: UM2012.310ab
