Summary
Medal commemorating Cinema, France, circa 1920s AD. The artist was Maurice Delannoy.
Mint: not recorded.
Physical Description
Round bronze medal. The obverse depicts, within an outer border, a cinema projector radiating light rays with a miscellany of images projected. In the centre a nude female stands above the projector with arms outstretched. The title is in exergue. the artist's name is within the border. The reverse depicts a square blank cinema screen with decorative curtains either side. There is a stage in front of the screen and the first few rows of cinema seats below.
Obverse Description
Cinema projector radiating light rays with a miscellany of images projected. In the centre a nude female stands above the projector with arms outstretched; in exergue, relief, CINEMA; within border, M. Delannoy.
Reverse Description
Square blank cinema screen with decorative curtains either side. Stage in front of the screen and the first few rows of cinema seats below.
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Numismatics & Philately, Leisure
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
circa 1920s AD
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Issued By
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Artist
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Inscriptions
Obverse: CINEMA / M. Delannoy
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Series
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Material
Bronze
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Object Dimensions
5 mm (Height), 68 mm (Outside Diameter), 141.041 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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