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Introduction

The Monumental Ideal

Bronze Sculpture in America, 1890-1940
September 20 - November 10, 1991

Selected Objects

American, New York

Medallic Art Company Medal, ca. 1928

Mahonri Young

Riggers Medal, 1943

Anna Hyatt Huntington

Waterhole, Africa Medal, 1943

John F. Flanagan, designer

Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton Medal

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Knife, ca. 1880

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Knife, ca. 1880

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Knife, ca. 1880

Paul Manship

Art War Relief Medal, 1918

Paul Manship, designer

New York Tercentenary Medal, 1914

Daniel Chester French, designer

American Red Cross Medal, 1920

Chester Beach

In Peace Sons Bury Their Fathers Medal, 1937

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor

World's Columbian Exposition Medal, 1892 - 1893

Mahonri MacIntosh Young

Riggers and Riveters Medal, 1944
No Image Available

Merlin Szasz

RISD Faculty Association

Bela Lyon Pratt, designer

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Medal, ca. 1907

Paul Manship

Dionysus Medal, 1930

Walker Hancock

There Will Be Other Towers for Thee to Build Medal, 1940

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Plaque Depicting Gorham Plant, ca. 1910

John Gregory

Betrothal Medal, 1939
No Image Available

Arthur W. Heintzleman, designer

RISD Jewelry and Silversmithing Medal, 1911

Gaetano Cecere

There Is No Easy Way from the Earth to the Stars Medal, 1933

After Daniel Chester French

Daniel Chester French Memorial Medal, 1932
No Image Available

Karen Worth

The Spirit of the Space Age Medal, 1963

Paul Manship

Dionysus Medal, 1930

Frederick William MacMonnies

Portrait of Charles Lindbergh Medal, 1931

Zeleima Bruff Jackson

Joseph Francis, 1890

Anna Coleman Ladd

Serbia Surrenders Only to God Medal, early 1900s

Alexander Stirling Calder

The Dance of Life Begins Early Medal, 1938

Malvina Hoffman

Brotherhood of Man Medal, 1955

Berthold Nebel

World Unity or Oblivion Medal, 1945

John F. Flanagan

Saint Gaudens Medal, 1937

Chester Beach

Burial Medal, 1937

John F. Flanagan

The Hudson-Fulton Celebration, New York, Medal, 1909

Frederick William MacMonnies

Charles Augustus Lidbergh Medal, 1931
No Image Available

Katharine Ward Lane Weems

Beast and fowl, 1958

Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, designer

Medal of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, ca. 1909

Robert Tait McKenzie

Rejoice Oh Young Man in Thy Youth Medal, 1936

Daniel Chester French

Completion of Catskill Aqueduct Medal, 1917

More objects +

Exhibition Checklist

The Monumental Ideal : Bronze Sculpture in America, 1890-1940

September 20 - November 10, 1991
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