About this artwork
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Artist
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Title
- World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Medal
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- c. 1892–1893
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Medium
- Bronze
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Inscriptions
- Inscription on front "CHRISTOPHER/ COLVMBVS/ OCT.XII/MCCCCXCII"; on right side at bottom: "AVGVSTVS SAINT GAVDENS FECIT" Inscription on reverse: "WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION/ IN COMMEMORATION OF THE / FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY/ OF THE LANDIND OF COLUMBUS/ MDCCCXCII . MDCCXCIII/ TO THE ART INSTITUTE"; on bottom: "C.E. BARBER FECIT"
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Dimensions
- Diam.: 7.7 cm (3 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of William F. Dunham
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Reference Number
- 1920.1031
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/78584/manifest.json
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