Dr. Harvey Cushing (1869-1939) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1935.12
People: Paul Adrian Brodeur, American (Webster, MA 1894 - 1967)
Title: Dr. Harvey Cushing (1869-1939)
Classification: Medals and Medallions
Work Type: medal
Date: c. 1932
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/231032

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

190.24 g, 8.9 x 6 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: obverse, l.l.: Paul Adrian Brodeur sc.
inscription: Obverse: Harvey Cushing, Moseley Professor of Surgery MCMXII-MCMXXXII.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Paul Adrian Brodeur, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1935.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul Adrian Brodeur, Esq.
Accession Year: 1935
Object Number: 1935.12
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: profile portrait of a man (Cushing). A large relief of Cushing by Brodeur is in the HU Portrait Collection (B052).

Verification Level

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