Medal of the Rockefeller Center Artist: Lee Lawrie (American, born Germany, 1877–1963, B.F.A. 1910, M.A. (Hon.) 1932)
Manufacturer: International Silver Company (American, founded 1898)

1935

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Gilded Bronze

Dimensions

158.20 g, 12:00, 70 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Bequest of the Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897, Collection

Accession Number

2001.87.24799

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: a stylized partial view of the Center’s core buildings, looking northwest, with sunburst rays of light extending from it outward, and the legend ROCKEFELLER CENTER

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE THE STABILITY OF THY TIMES, based upon Isaiah 33:6. Wisdom” in clouds, holding dividers (ANS 0000.999.8282)
Provenance
Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
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Object/Work type

medals

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