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Grand Prize Louisiana Purchase Exposition medal

A work made of bronze, with patina of bronze doré.

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  • A work made of bronze, with patina of bronze doré.

Date:

1904

Artist:

Adolph Alexander Weinman
American, born Germany, 1890–1952

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Adolph Alexander Weinman

Title

Grand Prize Louisiana Purchase Exposition medal

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1904

Medium

Bronze, with patina of bronze doré

Inscriptions

Signed on obverse: A.A. Weinman FECT. Inscribed: UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION SAINT LOUIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on reverse: GRAND PRIZE/LOUISIANA PURCHASE/EXPOSITION

Dimensions

7.3 × 6.4 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Blewett Lee

Reference Number

1912.1530

Extended information about this artwork

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