id:			117649
accession number:	1938.296.a
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.296.a
updated:		2025-12-07 02:40:54.635000

Medal (obverse), 1900s. Alexander Stirling Calder (American, 1870–1945). Bronze; diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1938.296.a. © Estate of Alexander Stirling Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Medal (obverse)
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creation date:			1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1938
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			© Estate of Alexander Stirling Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America
technique:	bronze
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Metalwork
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* Alexander Stirling Calder (American, 1870–1945)  - artist

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measurements: Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	"THE DANCE OF LIFE BEGINS EARLY AND GOES ON."  On edge:  "The Society of Medalists' Seventeenth Issue.  A. Stirling Calder Sculptor."
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