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Jo Mora Art in Museums and Public Places

CALIFORNIA

Monterey 

The Jo Mora Gallery in the Monterey Maritime and History Museum
5 Custom House Plaza
Monterey, CA.

This is the largest public display of Jo Mora’s work in a museum and it can be viewed during all museum hours. The bulk of the collection was previously owned by Patti Mora (Jo’s daughter) and gifted many years ago by Patti’s brother, Jo N. “Joey” Mora, Jr., to the Monterey History and Art Association.

Jo Mora’s famous Diorama of Sutter’s Fort has recently been moved from Sacramento and is now on display at the Maritime Museum.

Naval Post Graduate School (formerly Hotel Del Monte)
1 University Circle
Monterey, CA.
Carved stone fireplace mantel by the main lobby, and La Novia, Diorama in hydrastone, circa 1940 in La Novia Room downstairs.

CARMEL

Mission San Carlos Borromeo Del Rio Carmelo
3080 Rio Road
Carmel, CA.
Cross, Sculpture and Father Serra Cenotaph in the Mora Chapel, 1924, Bronze and California Travertine Marble.

El Paseo Courtyard (N.E. Corner)
7th and Dolores
Carmel, CA.
Sculpture, Mixed Media, 1928
(Senorita and Caballero bowing to each other before passing)

Serra/Dolores/Alma Streets
Camino Del Monte Intersection
Carmel, CA.
Carved benches and Statue of Father Junipero Serra, 1922, Wood.

Carmel Library
Park and Harrison Branches
6th and Mission St.
Carmel, CA.
Ephemera Collection and Cartes (maps)

La Playa Hotel
8th and Camino Real
Carmel, CA.
Numerous first edition cartes displayed throughout the main floor area

SALINAS

Monterey County Courthouse
Alisal and Church St.
Salinas, CA.
Fountain, Bronze Plaques, Busts, Capitals and Panels, Bronze and Concrete, 1937

KING CITY

King City High School Auditorium
North Mildred Ave., near Broadway
King City, CA.
Bas relief architectural adornments, interior and exterior, concrete, 1939

SAN JOSE

San Jose Athletic Club (Formerly the Scottish Rites temple)
196 N. 3rd St.
San Jose, CA.
Heroic figures, 1924, stone
The Sphinx is featured here.

SARATOGA

Phelan Estate
Villa Montalvo Park
Saratoga, CA.
Spanish-style courtyard fountain, 1918, Bronze
Nymphs, amazons and a griffin are among the figures created to tell the Spanish tale of the fabled land of California.

SAN FRANCISCO

Golden Gate Park
Museum Drive (Northside, just off main drive)
San Francisco, CA.
Miguel Cervantes Memorial, 1916, bronze and stone.
Presented to the City of San Francisco by J.C. Cebrian and E.J. Molera, September 3, 1916. Don Quijote and Sancho Panza looking up to their creator, the famous Spanish writer, Miguel Cervantes.

De Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA.
Two marble busts of Hopi figures

Lincoln Mercury Building
1000 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA.
Decorative pediment (figures and bears), 1921, Terra Cotta
Two male figures, symbol of industry, and two California brown bears.

Native Sons of the Golden West Building
414 Mason St.
San Francisco, CA.
6 bas relief panels entitle Epochs in Pioneer History, (plus a series of 12-inch medallions), 1911, terra cotta
The panels depict various aspects of California history. The medallions feature the people associated with the State’s history.

Bohemian Club
Post St. (exterior wall)
Post and Taylor Streets
San Francisco, CA.
Bret Harte Memorial, 1919, bronze bas relief
This wall piece features numerous characters from the stories of Bret Harte.

State Chamber of Commerce Building (Formerly S.F. Curb Exchange)
35 Bush St.
San Francisco, CA.
Panel in the pediment, 1921, terra cotta bas relief
Five figures symbolizing land, Sea, Hunting, Gathering and Agriculture.

Ritz-Carlton Hotel (Formerly Metropolitan Life Insurance Building)
600 Stockton St.
San Francisco, CA.
Panel in the pediment, 1920, white glazed terra cotta bas relief
Created with Haig Patigian

California Historical Society
678 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA.
Drawings and Watercolors
These “Mindenburg Productions” pieces were allegedly created for a movie company but never used.

OAKLAND

Holy Names College
3500 Mountain Blvd.
Oakland, CA.
7 Murals based on the Canterbury Tales, Oil on Board, 1935 (Originally created for the lobby of the Canterbury Hotel in San Francisco, CA.)

BERKELEY

Base of Sather Tower
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley Campus
Berkeley, CA.
Memorial Bench with Sculpted Bears, Travertine Marble, Circa 1920

SAN RAFAEL

Marin Center
Avenue of the Flags
San Rafael, CA.
Doughboy Memorial (World War I), 1920, bronze.

COLOMA

John Marshall State Historical Park
310 Back St.
Coloma, CA.
Fremont’s Arrival - Watercolor, circa 1947

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

Yosemite Park Museum
Carte of Yosemite, 1931, Watercolor

VISALIA

Tulare County Museum
27000 So. Mooney Blvd.
Visalia, CA.
9 Drawings, 1909, Pencil
Quick sketches drawn to pitch a sale of drawings to the Visalia Stock Saddle Company, for use in their catalog.

LOS ANGELES

Million Dollar Theater (formerly The Reality Syndicate Building)
3rd and Broadway
Los Angeles, CA.
8 heroic figures, 1918, terra cotta
Intermixed with the work of another artist.

Palace Theater
630 So. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA.
Allegories of Song, Dance, Music and Drama, (sculpted panels), 1911, mixed media
Jo Mora allegedly helped his father, Domingo Mora, on this work, which is accurately credited to Domingo.

Old Los Angeles Examiner Building
1111-1131 So. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA.
Interior details, 1913, stone
At the request of Architect Julia Morgan, Jo Mora assisted on the Spanish Renaissance style interior. (May not be accessible).

Los Angeles Public Library (Main branch)
630 West 5th St.
Los Angeles, CA.
Cartes, biographical outline and watercolor with autograph.

Pacific Mutual Building
6th and Grand
Los Angeles, CA.
3 figures, circa 1917, terra cotta
High above the entrance on 6th street.

Earl C. Anthony Estate
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
3431 Waverley Dr.
Los Felix Hills
Los Angeles, CA.
Fireplace mantel, 1927, stone
At present (1998) completely hidden from view by the altar. A photo of the mantel may be on display.

OREGON

PORTLAND

Multnomah County Courthouse
S.W. Madison and Broadway
Portland, OR.
Old Courthouse and Post office, n.d., (architectural adornments)

UTAH

RAINBOW BRIDGE
NATIONAL MONUMENT
Commemorative plaque, 1927, bronze
To commemorate the Piute Indian guide Nasjah Begay.

ARIZONA

FLAGSTAFF
 
Cline Library (Special Collections and Archives Dept.)
Northern Arizona University
Knowles Dr.
Flagstaff, AZ.
Original photograph negatives
More than 300 negatives taken by Jo Mora between 1904 and 1907 on the way to, and while living in Polacca, Arizona.

PHOENIX

Heard Museum
2301 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ. 85004
39 paintings of Kachinas and ceremonial figures (Update - it is believed that these paintings have been moved to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.), 1904-1905, watercolor

GANADO

Hubbell Trading Post
National Historic Site
Ganado, AZ.
4 watercolors, 1 photograph
One piece inscribed “To my esteemed friend Lorenzo Hubbell”

OKLAHOMA

CLAREMORE

Will Rogers Memorial Museum
Claremore, OK.
13 Dioramas, circa 1940, mixed media
These dioramas show highlights of Will Rogers’ life. “Take this diorama of Will Rogers as a young cow hand keeping his herd quiet on a warm moonlit night by humming a song to them. Many a time I have done that myself.” –  Jo Mora

BARTLESVILLE

Woolaroc Museum
Frank Phillips Ranch
Route 3, Box 2100
Bartlesville, OK.
4 Heroic figures, 1928-1929, bronze
Originally created for the Marland Estate in Ponca City, OK. They include the Indian (John Bull), the Squaw (Mrs. John Bull), the Outlaw (Belle Starr), and the Cowboy (George Miller).  

Nebraska

Lincoln

Great Plains Art Museum
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1155 Q Street, Hewit Place
Lincoln, Ne.
(402) 472-6220
Curator: Amber Mohr – amohr2@unl.edu

Untitled watercolor

MASSACHUSETTS

BOSTON

Union Wool Building
425 Summer St.
Boston, MA.
Sculptural doorway frame, n.d., bronze
A decorative frieze of sheep