Bronze Medal, Great Britain. 2013.49.16

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Length: 101
  • Length: 88

Typological Description

• Object Type: Medal

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1991
• Manufacture: Cast
• Shape: Oval

• Authority

  • Artist: Gunston, Irene
  • Issuer: British Art Medal Society

• Geographic

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

• Obverse

  • Legend: SUM -- MER
  • Type: Seated nude female figure with her feet in small, water filled, basin.

• Reverse

  • Type: Two feet, seen from bottom of water filled basin; in background, image of head of seated female figure seen through ripples.
  • Symbol: I GUNSTON 1991

References

• Reference: The.Medal.no.19(1991)
• Reference: BAMS.75

Administrative History

• Identifier: 2013.49.16
• Lot: 2013.49
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Simmons, Mailbit 64, September 2013, Lot 68.

Description

"Summer" Edition of 20. Gunston is a sculptor living and working in London. She wrote: �The medal Summer shows a girl plunging her feet in a bowl of water. It is a subject I have treated before in sculptures, drawings and prints. To wash or cool the feet in water is a strangely resonant action, with echoes of Biblical or Classical themes. One thinks, too, of the ancient association of water with the feminine�.

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