Thomas Eakins House Restoration Commemorative Medal [obverse]
1972
Sculptor, American, 1922 - 2000

Artwork overview
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Medium
silver
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1980.45.1567.a
Associated Artworks

Inscription [reverse]
Leonard Baskin
1972
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Cast 1972 by Franklin Mint, Philadelphia.[1] Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Alverthorpe, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania;[2] bequest 1980 to NGA.
[1] This cast is number 78 out of 1,000.
[2] A note in NGA curatorial files in the hand of Edith Rosenwald (Mrs. Lessing Rosenwald) reads "Given me by Seymour Adelman." Seymour Adelman was involved with the restoration of the Thomas Eakins house and studio.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
in exergue: .EAKINS. / BASKIN.F.; around edge, "FM" in monogram: STERLING c FM 72 0078
Markings
FM: Franklin Mint
Wikidata ID
Q63854716