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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1652
People
Paul Manship, American (St. Paul, MN 1885 - 1966 New York, NY)
Title
Model for Coin for the Irish Free State: Leath phinginn (halfpenny)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: NINE MEDALS SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO COINS 1943.1647A- H.
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
c. 1929
Culture
Irish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229434

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
211.84 g, 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Obverse: 1/2 leath phinginn

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul Manship, New York, New York, sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, New York (through Martin Birnbaum), 1929, bequest; to Fogg Art Museums, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1652
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John Manship, Paul Manship, Abbeville Press (New York, NY, 1989), pp. 125-126

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