General Motors Medal
1893 - 1955
Designer, American, 1893 - 1958
Engraver/modeler, American, 1893 - 1955
Manufacturer, American, est. 1910 - closed 2016
Artwork overview
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Medium
silver
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 7.62 cm (3 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3652.1.a
Associated Artworks
General Motors Medal
Norman Bel Geddes, Rene Paul Chambellan, Medallic Art Company
1893
General Motors Medal
Norman Bel Geddes, Rene Paul Chambellan, Medallic Art Company
1893
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired 1933 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
around circumference upper right: TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF across on center left MOTOR TRANSPORTATION
lower center signed NORMAN BEL GEDDES copyright encircled 1933