Bronze Medal, Great Britain. 2009.57.11

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter (in mm): 102

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 2000
• Manufacture: Cast
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Artist: Coldwell, Paul
  • Issuer: British Art Medal Society

• Geographic

  • Place of Issue: England
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: Great Britain

• Obverse

  • Type: A house.

• Reverse

  • Type: Airplane flying right

• Edge

  • Description: (legend) The Aims of Life are the best defence against Death. Primo Levi

References

• Reference: MedalXXXVII00.p.136
• Reference: BAMS.151

Administrative History

• Identifier: 2009.57.11
• Lot: 2009.57
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

The Aims of Life are the best Defence against Death; cast by Crucible Foundry; blue patina. Coldwell, is best known for his integration of computer technology into fine art techniques. The title is a quotation from Primo Levi's book The Drowned & the Saved. The images were pixilated to suggest news photographs.

Subjects

• Category: british art medal society

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
• Rights: Copyright Undetermined