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Pacifica (statue)
''Pacifica'' was a statue created by Ralph Stackpole for the 1939–1940 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay. Stackpole's largest sculpture, it towered over the entrance to the Cavalcade of the Golden West in the Court of Pacifica. The Court of Pacifica was dedicated to the heroic explorers of Pacific Ocean territories. ''Pacifica'' was the theme statue for the exposition, representing world peace, neighborliness, and the power of a unified Pacific coast.〔1939 World's Fair Progress, Golden Gate International Exposition, Bulletin no 1, Golden Gate Expo, 585 Bush St., San Francisco, p10〕〔〔
==Development==
It took Stackpole two years to complete the statue, it starting out as a three inch figure. Stackpole went through 50 renditions before settling upon the final model which was tall. The model was then divided into cross sections.〔 Each cross section was enlarged eight-fold though a process using a pantograph. Scaffolding was set up and prepared for the precise assembly of the enlarged sections. Iron was used for supports, bent and shaped around the proper contours of the statue.〔 Next, mesh wire was layered over the entire iron frame, and then covered in a final blanket of plaster. Such a construction was always meant for temporary placement.〔
By November 1938, when ''Life'' photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was capturing images to promote the event, ''Pacifica'' was ready for his camera. The magazine carried the image of this, Stackpole's most monumental work, "a peaceful, contemplative, almost prayer-like female figure".
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