Life as a Dance [obverse], 1938

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift through subscription to the Society of Medalists)

Accession Number

2015.19.3662.a

Artists / Makers

Alexander Stirling Calder (designer) American, 1870 - 1945

Medallic Art Company (manufacturer) American, est. 1910 - closed 2016

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Inscription

around top circumference: THE DANCE OF LIFE BEGINS EARLY; around bottom circumference: AND GOES ON

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

Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Society of Medalists