TitleThe Alphabet Medal
Artist
Edward Ryneal Grove
(1912 - 2002)
Date1973
MediumEpoxy and bronze reliefs
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 24 × 2 in.
Other (Large "Alphabet" relief): 12 3/8 × 1 in.
Other (Large relief with letters): 12 3/8 × 3/4 in.
Other (Small "Alphabet" relief): 2 7/8 × 1/4 in.
Other (Small relief with letters): 2 7/8 × 1/4 in.
Other (Mount): 20 × 24 × 1 3/4 in.
SubmissionANA diploma presentation, May 2, 1977
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number221-S
Label TextThis work was the eighty-eighth commissioned issue of the Society of Medalists, and was cast by the Medalic Art Company. In conveying it to the Academy, Grove wrote the Academy that, of the ninety-one medals and coins he had then created he considered the Alphabet Medal to be his finest work.
