Prima Adunata Professionisti e Artisti [First Assembly of Professionals and Artists]

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Prima Adunata Professionisti e Artisti [First Assembly of Professionals and Artists]
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  • Title :     Prima Adunata Professionisti e Artisti [First Assembly of Professionals and Artists]
  • Artist:     Thayaht (Ernesto Michalles) Designer
  • Accession:     83.1.192.1
  • Country:     Italy Rome
  • Date:     1932
  • Dimensions:     Inches 2 diameter, Centimeters 5.1 diameter
  • Collection:     Object
  • Subject:     Fascism , Portraits , Medal/Medallion/Medallic Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     83.1.192.1 (OBVERSE).JPG, 83.1.192.1 (REVERSE).JPG
Description:
One of a pair of First Assembly of Professions and Artists medallions; circular bronze medallion with obverse depicting a raised relief of highly stylized profile of human head superimposed over fasces; Italian inscription in legend; reverse depicts a raised relief image of a hand raised in Fascist salute with five-pointed Italian star of destiny above; Italian inscriptions in legend.