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Medal: Flight (obverse)

1941

Brenda Putnam

(American, 1890–1975)
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Culture
America
Medium
bronze
Measurements
Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1942.1088.a
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Location
Not on view
Print
A circular bronze medal, finished with a warm brown patina, features a bird in relief soaring toward the right. Detailed feathers define its outspread wings and fanned tail above a cluster of rounded clouds. Along the bottom curve, the word "FLIGHT" is rendered in raised, capital serif letters. The smooth background surface highlights the dimensional texture of the bird, clouds, and typography.

Medal: Flight (obverse)

1941

Brenda Putnam

(American, 1890–1975)
America

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