Norman Wait Harris Prize medal, The Art Institute of Chicago
Established in 1902, the Norman Wait Harris Prize was a medal and cash prize awarded to an artist for a painting displayed in the Art Institute of Chicago’s annual exhibition of American paintings and sculpture. Both a Silver Medal and a Bronze Medal were presented annually, and in 1936 the Bronze Medal was awarded to leading Ashcan School painter William James Glackens for his painting The Soda Fountain (1935; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts). The obverse of the medal bears an allegorical representation of the art of painting, a classically garbed figure holding a palette and brushes. She stands in an architectural entranceway with a cloud-filled sky behind her. The reverse depicts the central façade of the Art Institute of Chicago, with oak and laurel branches flanking the central inscription.
Artwork Details
- Title: Norman Wait Harris Prize medal, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist: Victor David Brenner (American, born Šiauliai, Lithuania (Shavli, Russian Empire) 1871–1924 New York)
- Date: 1909; this example, 1936
- Culture: American
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Susan Corn Conway, in honor of the artist William Glackens and his son Ira, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.934.17
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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