Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Medallic Art Company, founded 1903
- Designer
- Norman Bel Geddes, American, 1893–1958
- Modeler
- René Paul Chambellan, American, 1893–1955
- Description
- Circular form. Obverse depicts an eight-wheeled Art Deco Streamlined-style auto (Bel Geddes’ Motor Car No. 9) as it speeds to the right; a large upright wing towering over it (Motor Car No.9 featured a vertical stabilizer, or rudder, in its tail, like an airplane.) The smooth field is broken by two recessed rim segments at top right and lower left bearing the raised-letter legend: to the advancement of – motor transportation. Signed below car: NORMAN BEL GEDDES ©1933.
- Reverse is divided vertically by a stylized automotive engine piston design, and laurel wreath above. Small incuse dates 1908 – 1933 around the rim diagonally from bottom right to top left; recessed rim segments bearing the two concentric-line legend: commemorating/ the twentyfifth – anniversary of/ general motors.
- Credit Line
- Gift of George R. Kravis II
- 1933
- Accession Number
- 2018-22-27
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- numismatics
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- medal
- Type
- medal
- Medium
- silver-plated brass
- Dimensions
- H x diam.: ? x 7.6 cm (3 in.)
- manufactured in
- New York, NY, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2018-22-27
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4c5376751-9f8a-4a85-ab1b-7c894785be29
