The statue depicting an older woman shrouded in long robes, was designed by Czech-born sculptor Albin Polasek. It is one of his two works displayed at the Bohemian cemetery --the other, Mother, is located just outside the crematorium.
Polasek moved from New York to Chicago in 1916, to become the head of the department of modeling and sculpture at the Chicago Art Institute. The life-size sculpture was commissioned as a memorial to Frantiska Stejskal, the mother of the Stejskal-Buchel families, and shows a woman walking toward the family's mausoleum.
Other examples of his work in the Chicago-area include the 7-foot-tall The Sower at the Chicago Botanic Garden (sporting a face mask these days but otherwise in the buff) and Spirit of Music in Grant Park. These statues have not yet been taken down by certain people.
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