page_title: Pacifica (statue)
section_title: Pacifica at the Golden Gate International Exposition
hierarchical_section_title: Pacifica (statue) / Pacifica at the Golden Gate International Exposition
caption_attribution_description: English: picture of Ralph Stackpole with a model of the Pacifica Statue
context_page_description: 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 81 feet 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.
context_section_description: Pacifica was physically the biggest and most conspicuous statue at the exposition. She was placed in front of a 100-foot (30 m) metal prayer curtain that had a backdrop of stars made of metal and small tubes that would make sound when met with a breeze. In front of the statue, in the center of the court, was a circular fountain surrounded by the works of eight different sculptors of figures representing people living on shores of the Pacific.
caption: Ralph Stackpole with a model of Pacifica
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