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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1657.14
People
Albert Theodore Stewart, American (Kensington, England 1900 - 1982 Claremont, CA)
Title
Peace
Other Titles
Alternate Title: ISSUES 1-27 SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS.
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1936
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229327

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
159.84 g, 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: reverse, l.r.: A.S. 1936, Signed Date: 1936
  • inscription: Obverse: Peace. Reverse: Man seeks to turn from the savagery of war. 1936. Around edge: Society of Medalists Fourteenth Issue. Medallic Art Co., NY. Bronze

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Presumably from the Society of Medalists to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 1936; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1657.14
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse has female figure with wings and olive branch. Reverse has man with plow, crosses marking graves in background. Society of Medalists Fourteenth Issue. The Fogg owns another cast of this medal, 1936.134, and there are casts in the Metropolitan Museum and the Smithsonian.

Verification Level

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