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The Ocean
1913
Mint: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/Technique
Patinated bronze
Dimensions
Overall: Diam: 7 x 0.5 cm (2 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Katharine Lane Weems
Accession Number1989.518
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionObv: Nude male and female figures are caught in a whirlpool / [greek letters spelling OCEAN] (ornament) VORTEX OF BEING (ornament) WELLSPRING OF LIFE (ornament) HIGHWAY OF NATIONS (ornament) SOURCES OF MUSIC AND SONG (ornament)
Rev: A face rises out of the ocean with a nautilus shell at the bottom and two fronds curling up the sides
Edge: CIRCLE OF FRIENDS / DAVISON PHILA.
Rev: A face rises out of the ocean with a nautilus shell at the bottom and two fronds curling up the sides
Edge: CIRCLE OF FRIENDS / DAVISON PHILA.
ProvenanceCollection of Katharine Lane Weems; to MFA November 1989.