All American Package Competition

Gerta Ries, American, 1898 - 2000

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about 1932

Bronze plaquette

Overall: 6 5/8 × 8 7/8 × 13/16 in. (16.8 × 22.6 × 2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019

2016.64.85

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Sculpture: Plaquette

Research Area

Sculpture

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, lower right: GERTA RIES; inscribed, upper right: ALL AMERICA / PACKAGE / COMPETITION; inscribed, lower left: SPONSORED BY / MODERN PACKAGING; stamped, on reverse, upper right: A44350

Publication History

Roger Arvid Anderson, The Roger Arvid Anderson Collection, Medals, Medallions, Plaquettes and Small Reliefs, Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Textiles, San Francisco: Roger Arvid Anderson (published privately), design by David L. Wilson, 2015, p. 244.

Provenance

Acquired by Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, date unknown; lent to present collection, 1993; given to present collection, 2016.

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