Dionysus | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1657.2
People: Paul Manship, American (St. Paul, MN 1885 - 1966 New York, NY)
Title: Dionysus
Other Titles: Alternate Title: ISSUES 1-27 SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS.
Classification: Medals and Medallions
Work Type: medal
Date: 1930
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229339

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

204.13 g, 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: reverse, bottom edge: P. Manship
inscription: Obverse: Hail to Dionysus who first discovered the magic of the grape. Around edge: Society of Medalists Second Issue. Medallic Art Co., NY

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Possibly, Society of Medalists; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1930, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1657.2

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: bust of Dionysus with cup beneath; reverse: two fauns trampling grapes. Second issue of the Society of Medalists. The Fogg owns a duplicate, 1930.457.

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