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January 2014 NYINC Auction - Sess. C-D 13 January 2014
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ITALY. Milan International Exposition and Sempione Tunnel, 1906.
Same event as last. 45mm bronze, by Enrico Saroldi. Forrer V, p.338. Obverse: five ½-length figures, female and male alternating, arranged in perspective, some holding miniatures of ship, railroad, etc. Reverse: Bare-chested worker with power drill; railroad emerging from the newly-completed tunnel. The sculptor Saroldi, not very well known for medals, had an association with Stefano Johnson, who this and other pieces in the ANS 1910 exhibition. This is a truly masterful medal in execution and design, with the obverse a brilliant new concept for a medal. NEARLY MINT STATE.
Same event as last. 45mm bronze, by Enrico Saroldi. Forrer V, p.338. Obverse: five ½-length figures, female and male alternating, arranged in perspective, some holding miniatures of ship, railroad, etc. Reverse: Bare-chested worker with power drill; railroad emerging from the newly-completed tunnel. The sculptor Saroldi, not very well known for medals, had an association with Stefano Johnson, who this and other pieces in the ANS 1910 exhibition. This is a truly masterful medal in execution and design, with the obverse a brilliant new concept for a medal. NEARLY MINT STATE.