Courage
Avard-Tennyson Fairbanks, American, 1897 - 1987
Medallic Art Company
1933
Bronze medal
Overall: 3 1/2 × 2 5/16 × 3/16 in. (8.9 × 5.9 × 0.5 cm)
Weight: 166 g (0.4 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019
2016.64.113
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture: Medal
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on obverse, lower right: Avard Fairbanks SC 1933 Copyright; lower left: COURAGE; inscribed, on reverse: DEDICATED/ to all / those who have / the courage to / face adversity / with a conquering / spirit. Stamped, bottom edge: MEDALLIC ART CO.NY.
Publication History
Roger Arvid Anderson, The Roger Arvid Anderson Collection, Medals, Medallions, Plaquettes and Small Reliefs, Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Textiles, San Francisco: Roger Arvid Anderson (published privately), design by David L. Wilson, 2015, p. 237.
Provenance
Acquired by Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, date unknown; lent to present collection, 1998; given to present collection, 2016.
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