The Pan-American Exposition was a World's Fair held from 1 May 1901 to 2 November 1901 in the US city of Buffalo, New York. Electricity was provided by the Niagara Falls power station 40 km north. The exhibition remained famous for the assassination of US President William McKinley, who was shot on 6 September 1901 during a visit to the exhibition. James Earle Fraser made a portrait medal for that exhibition, dedicated to his teacher Augustus Saint-Gaudens. This is a bronze-cast design of one of the sides, with the image of Pegasus and the classical representation of a sculptor. Fraser has used the theme of the winged horse Pegasus several times in his designs, including in the monumental sculptures 'The Arts of Peace' in Washington. This medal was presented to the public by Fraser at the Salon of the Medal during the 1910 World's Fair in Brussels.
| Artist |
James Earle Fraser
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RKD
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| Title | Medal of the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo in 1901 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Buffalo TGN |
| Medium and support | founding (metal or glass working) AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) at the front, lower left: FRASER / FECIT |
| on the reverse | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type |
commemorative medals
AAT
award medal membership medal |
| Inventory number | 1911-AR |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille Ghent 1911 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-AR |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7716/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A
the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)
Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 43B8 collection, exhibition, show Iconclass 61E(BUFFALO) names of cities and villages (BUFFALO) Iconclass 93D1 Pegasus, the winged horse Iconclass |
| Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles en 1910 : Salon international de la médaille contemporaine... : Groupe II: Beaux-Arts ; Classe 9B: Gravure en médailles (Bruxelles, Palais du Cinquantenaire, 01.05 - 15.11.1910) ; Catalogue / Victor Tourneur. - Bruxelles : Imprimerie A. Lesigne, 1910 (p. 80, Catalogue -, nr. 139, nr. 6 ) |
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