Norman Wait Harris Prize medal
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1909
The Norman Wait Harris Prize medal is a circular bronze award medal created in 1909 by artist Victor David Brenner in the United States. It measures 6.9 cm (2 3/4 in.) in diameter.
The medal features relief decoration showing a classical building facade in the upper background above an ornamental border. The lower section includes upright foliage branches tied with ribbons flanking an open central field. It bears the inscription "The Norman Wait Harris Prize" curved along the upper perimeter and "Awarded to" centered beneath the architectural element. According to the record, the reverse bears the signature inscription "V.D. Brenner Sr."
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 6.9 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Inscriptions
- inscribed: The Norman Wait Harris Prize/Awarded to on reverse: V.D. Brenner Sr.
- Maker recorded
- Victor David Brenner (American, born Šiauliai, Russian Empire, now Lithuania, 1871–1924)
- Place recorded
- United States
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Norman Wait Harris Prize medal
- Museum object number
- R1689/0020
Catalogue references
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