No Man Is an Island [reverse]
1955
Designer, American, 1885 - 1966
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): 6.99 cm (2 3/4 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3735.b
Associated Artworks
The Brotherhood of Man [obverse]
Malvina Cornell Hoffman, Medallic Art Company
1955
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gift 1955 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, through subscription to the Society of Medalists (Fifty-First Issue); acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
around circumference: NO MAN IS AN ISLAND ENTIRE OF ITSELF.EVERY MAN IS A PIECE OF THE CONTINENT.; around inner circumference right: © M.H.; around inner circumference left: JOHN DONNE 1575-1631