Hail to Dionysus (obverse); Satyrs (reverse)
Paul Manship, American, 1885 - 1966
Medallic Art Company
1930
Bronze medal
Overall: 2 7/8 × 2 7/8 × 3/8 in. (7.3 × 7.3 × 0.9 cm)
Weight: 226 g (0.5 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019
2016.64.76
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture: Medal
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
obverse: Inscribed, around edge: HAIL TO DIONYSUS WHO FIRST DISCOVERED / THE MAGIC OF THE GRAPE reverse: Signed, bottom center: C[circled] / .P.MANSHIP 1930. Stamped, on edge, at top: THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS SECOND ISSUE; stamped, on edge, at bottom: MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE
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. 240-241.
Provenance
Acquired by Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, date unknown; lent to present collection, 1993; given to present collection, 2016.
Catalogue Raisonne
Marqusee, No. 256
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