Electrical Power of the Rhine (Energie Electronique du Rhin)

Marcel Renard, French, 1893 - 1974

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1932

Bronze medal

Overall: 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 3/16 in. (7 × 7 × 0.5 cm)

Weight: 168 g (0.4 lb.)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019

2016.64.65

Geography

Place Made: France, Europe

Period

20th century

Object Name

Sculpture: Medal

Research Area

Sculpture

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Signed, along left edge: MARCEL RENARD; inscribed, lower center: ENERGIE / ELECTRIQUE / DU RHIN / USINE DE KEMBS / MONSIEUR ALBERT BEDOUCE / DEPUTE Reverse: Inscribed, upper left: 1928; inscribed, upper right: 1932; inscribed, center, left to right: PREMIERE SECTION / DV GRAND CANAL / D'ALSACE Stamped, on edge, at bottom: BRONZ

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. 235.

Provenance

Acquired by Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, date unknown; lent to present collection, 1993; given to present collection, 2016.

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