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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1657.8
People
Gaetano Cecere, American (New York, NY 1894-1985 Greenwich, CT)
Title
There is No Easy Way from the Earth to the Stars
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: ISSUES 1-27 SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS.
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1933
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229340

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
285.37 g, 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: obverse: l.l.: Cecere 1933
  • inscription: Reverse: There is No Easy Way from the Earth to the Stars. Around edge: Society of Medalists Eighth Issue. Medallic Art Co., NY

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Presumably from the Society of Medalists to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 1933; 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
1943.1657.8
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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