Inspiration [obverse]
1944
Designer, American, 1885 - 1983
Manufacturer, American, est. 1910 - closed 2016
Artwork overview
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Medium
silver
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift through subscription to the Society of Medalists)
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3697.a
Associated Artworks
Aspiration [reverse]
Richard Recchia, Medallic Art Company
1944
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gift 1944 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, through subscription to the Society of Medalists (Twenty-Ninth Issue); acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
around top and right circumference: ALL PASSES.ART ALONE ENDURING STAYS TO US; center left: R.H. RECCHIA / ©; lower left: THE BUST / OUTLASTS / THE / THRONE; in exergue: THE COIN-TIBERIUS