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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1657.16
People
Chester Beach, American (San Francisco, CA 1881 - 1956 Brewster, NY)
Title
In Peace Sons Bury Their Fathers, In War the Fathers Bury Their Sons
Other Titles
Alternate Title: ISSUES 1-27 SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS.
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1937
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229474

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
165.87 g, 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: obverse: l.l.: Beach, 1937
  • inscription: Obverse: In peace sons bury their fathers; reverse: in war the fathers bury their sons. Along edge: The Society of Medalists Sixteenth Issue. Chester Beach Sculptor. Medallic Art Co. NY Bronze.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Presumably from the Society of Medalists to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 1937; 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
1943.1657.16
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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