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Medal: Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard (obverse)

1942

Janet de Coux

(American, 1904–1999)
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Culture
America
Medium
bronze
Measurements
Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1942.492.a
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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A reddish-brown, bronze medal depicts a human figure curled in sleep, facing away with their head to the left. Above them, stylized leaves and a radiant sun fill the composition. A tiny ant crawls near the figure's head. Raised letters curve along the bottom: "THOV SLVGGARD." The low-relief textures are smooth throughout, accentuating the rounded, heavy limbs of the sleeping figure within the circular frame.

Medal: Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard (obverse)

1942

Janet de Coux

(American, 1904–1999)
America

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