Medal for the Society of Medalists 41st Issue, 1950

1950

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 180.27 g, 12:00, 73 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of William Naumburg, Jr.
Accession Number: 1954.41.30
Geography: Made in New York, New York
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: MAN MUST SOW outwardly from 5:00. Nude male Amerindian sowing beneath moon obscured by veil borne by allegorical figures l. and r. ("the dark of the moon").

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Nude male facing holding ear of corn in each hand, the whole on circular tablet representing the sun; below, under rainbow, a field of corn with the legend TO / REAP

Provenance

William Naumburg, Jr., to November 3, 1954; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., to about 1954; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1954 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

Marks

Edge: MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE - THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS 41st ISSUE 1950 - DONALD HORN (sic) SCULPTOR

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