Laura Lee Stay Bradshaw, born in 1958, made this 1996 statue of Martha Hughes Cannon outside the Utah State Capitol. Feel the quiet of this place as you take in a public artwork placed here in 1996. The piece you face bears the name of its subject, Martha Hughes Cannon, and the maker, Laura Lee Stay Bradshaw, whose birth year, 1958, is recorded in the artist's notice.
This statue has been set on the Capitol grounds; you are literally outside the Utah State Capitol as you listen. Let your attention move between the facts: the date 1996 marks when this statue came to this spot, and Laura Lee Stay Bradshaw is the artist responsible for it. The name Martha Hughes Cannon is the focus of the work that stands here.
You can consider how this 1996 installation occupies the public space outside the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah. Stand close, take a careful turn around the figure, and let the recorded details—1996, Martha Hughes Cannon, Laura Lee Stay Bradshaw (born in 1958)—anchor your visit. This 1996 bronze stands ready for your closer look, framed by the Capitol grounds around it.