Geddes, Norman Bel. Medal Commemorating the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of General Motors , 1933. bronze with silver patina, Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.). Gift of General Motors Corporation, 1934.208. Copyrighted undefined.

Medal Commemorating the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of General Motors

1933

Norman Bel Geddes

Norman Bel Geddes (American, 1893–1958)

Decorative Art and Design

Medal Commemorating the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of General Motors , 1933. Norman Bel Geddes (American, 1893–1958). Bronze with silver patina; diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of General Motors Corporation 1934.208 © The Edith Luytens and Norman Bel Geddes Foundation, Inc.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Geddes, Norman Bel
Classification: Metalwork
Formatted Medium: bronze with silver patina
Medium: bronze, silver, patina
Dimensions: Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: obverse - upper right: "COMMEMORATING THE TWENTYFIFTH"; lower left: "ANNIVERSARY OF GENERAL MOTORS"; upper left: "1908"; lower right: "1933." reverse - upper left: "TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF"; lower right: "MOTOR TRANSPORTATION." Directly below image: "Norman Bel Geddes © 1933."
Departments: Decorative Art and Design
Accession Number: 1934.208
Credit Line: Gift of General Motors Corporation
Exhibitions: The Cleveland Museum of Art; "The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s." Sept. 30, 2017-Jan. 14, 2018.
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined