Award Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters

Adolph Alexander Weinman

1909 · gold · The American Wing

In addition to being a leading monumental sculptor of the early twentieth century, Weinman was also a significant medalist. This award medal for the National Institute of Arts and Letters was issued in gold, bronze, and pewter. The obverse depicts a head of Apollo, god of the arts, in right-facing profile. The reverse bears a Roman lamp of learning with three flames and sunbeams radiating behind it.

Artist

Adolph Alexander Weinman

Date

1909

Medium

gold

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Purchase, Gifts of Job M. Nash and George D. Pratt, by exchange, 2009