世界哥伦比亚博览会纪念奖章 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	世界哥伦比亚博览会纪念奖章
品名（英）	World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal
入馆年号	1995年，1995.4
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者	Augustus Saint-Gaudens【1848 至 1907】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1892 - 公元 1894
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尺寸	直径 3 英寸 (7.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	圣高登斯曾担任芝加哥世界哥伦比亚博览会雕塑项目的顾问，他接受了委员会颁发的官方奖章。1893年11月博览会闭幕时，他已经完成了奖牌的设计。他的正面设计很快就被接受了。图中显示哥伦布正在美洲登陆。右下角是三个男性雕像，其中一个举着展开的横幅，上面是象征性的赫拉克勒斯之柱，上面有三个西班牙大篷车和plvs vltra铭文。然而，他对反面的概念——一个代表美国精神的裸体男性青年——被美国参议院四周年委员会认为是不恰当的。两种覆盖人物生殖器的变体设计和第三种带有花环环绕的鹰和铭文的变体设计也被拒绝。最终，圣高登斯的正面被美国铸币局长期首席雕刻师查尔斯·E·巴伯的背面设计所覆盖最终铸造版本的背面有一块刻有铭文的中央石碑和一个写有收件人姓名的骰子空间。石碑两侧是象征光明或智慧的燃烧的火把，下面是全速前进的圣玛丽亚。上图中，双翼（具有讽刺意味的是，裸露胸脯）的雌性手持象征性的物品——小号和月桂花环、手写笔和一块空白的平板电脑，用来庆祝获奖者。奖章的轮毂和模具由费城的美国铸币局生产，并外包给康涅狄格州沃特伯里的斯科维尔制造公司进行打击。奖章最终于1896年颁发给获奖者。大都会酒店的表壳保留了原来的天鹅绒内衬铝表壳。
介绍（英）	Saint-Gaudens, who served as an advisor for the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition sculptural program, accepted the commission for the official award medal. He had completed his design for the medal by the time of the fair’s closing in November 1893. His design for the obverse met ready acceptance. It shows Columbus making landfall in the Americas. At the lower right are three male figures, one bearing an unfurling banner, and above them are the symbolic Pillars of Hercules with the three Spanish caravels and the inscription plvs vltra. His concept for the reverse, however—a nude male youth representing the Spirit of America—was deemed improper by United States Senate Quadro-Centennial Committee. Two variant designs with the figure’s genitals covered and a third with a wreath-encircled eagle and inscription were also rejected. In the end, Saint-Gaudens’s obverse was muled with a design for the reverse by Charles E. Barber, longtime chief engraver at the United States Mint. The reverse of the final minted version features a central tablet with an inscription and a space for a drop-in die with the name of the recipient. The tablet is flanked by flaming torches symbolizing light or intelligence, and below it the Santa Maria appears at full sail. Above, two winged (and ironically bare-breasted) females hold symbolic attributes—a trumpet and laurel wreaths and a stylus and a blank tablet—that celebrate the award recipient. The hubs and dies for the medal were produced at the United States Mint in Philadelphia and farmed out for striking to the Scoville Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut. The medal was finally awarded to recipients in 1896. The Metropolitan’s example retains its original velvet-lined aluminum case.