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Lot 257
Sale 4246 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
May 2, 2014
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$600 -
800
Price Realized
$950
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Large bronze medallion plaque commemorating Penn Relays Carnival robert tait mckenzie (1867-1938), philadelphia, pa, circa 1925
The recto depicting four nude athletes in a queue waiting to receive the laurel branch from a seated Benjamin Franklin, the founder of the University of Pennsylvania, surmounted by "Relay Carnival Founded 1805," with artist's initials, date "1925", and "University of Pennsylvania" below, affixed to a circular wood plaque.
Diam: 17 3/4 in. (plaque)