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medallion

Object NamePlaster Medallion

Made FromPlaster of Paris

Dateabout 1970

TechniqueCast

SizeOverall H: 11.3 cm, W: 10 cm, Th: 1.6 cm

Accession Number89.7.3

Credit LineGift of Thomas S. Buechner, Sr.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Czechoslovakia

Physical DescriptionOpaque white Plaster of Paris; cast. Flat, oval medallion, with raised portrait of a young woman, facing sinister, on one side; the woman with wrapped braids at the back of her head, wearing a tightly waisted dress with frilly collar; reverse side of the medallion flat; the medallion cemented to a rectangular sheet of pressed, textured cardboard, with woven string loop at the top; fitted loosely in a rectangular cardboard box with cover; bottom of the box covered with white paper; top of the box covered with textured grey paper, stamped "M" within a stylized goblet in gold on the lower right corner.
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