About the Artwork
Detroit Soldiers Memorial Medal
1919
Paul Manship
1885-1966
American
Unknown
Bronze
Overall: 2 3/4 inches (7 cm)
Medals
American Art before 1950
Gift of Miss J. M. M. McGwire in memory of Helen Plumb
57.46
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Markings
Signed, on reverse: PM
Inscribed, on obverse: VIXIT VICIT VIVET Inscribed, on reverse, around outer circle: PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF DETROIT 1919 Inscribed, on reverse, on cartouche scroll: IN MEMORY|OF ONE WHO|DIED IN THE |CAUSE OF |FREEDOM AND| HUMANITY.
Provenance
1957-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Murtha, Edwin. Paul Manship. New York, 1957, p. 160, no. 116.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Paul Manship, Detroit Soldiers Memorial Medal, 1919, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Miss J. M. M. McGwire in memory of Helen Plumb, 57.46.
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