Barack Obama Presidential Inaugural Medal
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Object Details
- Artist
- Marc Mellon, born New York City 1951
- Thomas D. Rogers, born Poughkeepsie, NY 1945
- Sitter
- Barack Obama
- Luce Center Label
- The 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee held a nationwide competition, selecting sculptor and medalist Marc Mellon to design the obverse of President Obama's inaugural medal. While working, Mellon kept in mind the challenges facing the new president and tried to portray him as strong and thoughtful. Thomas Rogers, the designer of the medal's reverse, continued this theme by including oak leaves to symbolize wisdom and strength. The reverse also depicts the inaugural seal, representing the first time in the history of official inaugural medals that the seal has been included.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James F. Dicke Family
- Copyright
- © 2009, Medal Craft Mint
- 2009
- Object number
- 2010.64.6R-V
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture-Medal
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Occupation\political\president
- Ceremony\civic\inauguration
- Portrait male
- Record ID
- saam_2010.64.6R-V
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76444b1f8-ff43-4a33-9e3b-0433d8015c86
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