Life as a Dance [obverse]
1938
Designer, American, 1870 - 1945
Manufacturer, American, est. 1910 - closed 2016
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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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
2015.19.3662.a
Associated Artworks
Life as a Dance [reverse]
Alexander Stirling Calder, Medallic Art Company, Alexander Stirling Calder
1938
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gift 1938 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, through subscription to the Society of Medalists (Seventeenth Issue); acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
around top circumference: THE DANCE OF LIFE BEGINS EARLY; around bottom circumference: AND GOES ON