St. Paul Institute Medal (design for obverse)

Paul Manship, St. Paul Institute Medal (design for obverse), 1916, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1965.16.61
Paul Manship, St. Paul Institute Medal (design for obverse), 1916, bronze, 2 in. (5.1 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1965.16.61

Artwork Details

Title
St. Paul Institute Medal (design for obverse)
Artist
Date
1916
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
2 in. (5.1 cm) diam.
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums
Mediums Description
bronze
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group — female
  • Object — musical instrument — harp
  • Religion — angel
Object Number
1965.16.61
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1965.16.61

Artwork Description

Paul Manship studied at the St. Paul Institute of Arts in Minnesota from 1892 to 1903. This uniface artist’s strike, or sample, represents an earlier design for the obverse that was modified in the final medal (see 1965.16.57).

Works by this artist (57 items)

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William Page, Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1830-1835, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1972.151.1
Portrait of a Young Man
Artist
Dateca. 1830-1835
oil on canvas
On view
W. Kurtz, William Page, Shakespeare Reading, 1874-1875, photograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William Page Howell, 1979.135.42
Shakespeare Reading
Artist
Date1874-1875
photograph
Not on view
William Page, (Studies--Christ preaching, man with spear, etc.), ca. 1855, pencil and pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Pauline Page Howell, 1973.183.4B
(Studies – Christ preaching, man with spear, etc.)
Artist
Dateca. 1855
pencil and pen and ink on paper
Not on view
William Page, Moses, Aaron and Hur on Mount Horeb (study - figure at right), ca. 1857, pencil on tracing paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Pauline Page Powell, 1973.183.14
Moses, Aaron and Hur on Mount Horeb (study — figure at…
Artist
Dateca. 1857
pencil on tracing paper
Not on view

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