Artist:

Joseph E. Renier, born Union Hill, NJ 1887-died New York City 1966  Search this

Founder:

Medallic Art Company  Search this

Medium:

bronze

Dimensions:

2 in. (5.1 cm.) diam.

Type:

Sculpture-Medal

Date:

1954

Luce Center Label:

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers organized in 1880 to promote standards in modern industrial technology. The Diamond Jubilee was a weeklong meeting held in 1955 to celebrate the society’s seventy-fifth anniversary. The globe seen on Joseph Renier’s medal illustrates the theme of the meeting, “The Engineer and the World of Science,” while the entire composition evokes the Greek mathematician Archimedes, who boasted, “Give me a fulcrum and I shall lift the world.”

Topic:

Figure\fragment\hand  Search this

Occupation\industry\engineering  Search this

Object\other\globe  Search this

Object\art tool\chisel  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Renier

Object number:

1967.93.54

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7df949b28-771a-4fb7-9109-8b64193cc0f0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1967.93.54