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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1657.25
People
Janet de Coux, American (Niles, MI 1904 - 1999)
Title
Go to the Ant
Other Titles
Alternate Title: ISSUES 1-27 SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS.
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medal
Date
1942
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229478

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
176.66 g, 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Obverse: Go to the ant, consider her ways and be wise. Reverse: Thou sluggard. Along edge: The Society of Medalists Twenty Fifth Issue 1942--Janet deCoux Sculptor. Metallic Art Co NY, bronze

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Presumably from the Society of Medalists to Grenville L. Winthrop,1942; his 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
1943.1657.25
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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