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(World Council of Churches Medal), (sculpture). Artist:  Lo Medico, Thomas Gaetano, 1904-1985, sculptor. Franklin Mint, founder. Title:  (World Council of Churches Medal), (sculpture). Dates:  1954. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  Diam. 2 3/4 in. Inscription:  (On obverse:) CHRIST THE HOPE OF THE WORLD (On reverse:) WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES/SECOND ASSEMBLY/NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY/EVANSTON 1954/OIKOUMENE signed Description:  Medal whose theme is world membership in the Council of Churches. On the obverse is a relief of various examples of church architecture to represent the many communions in the Council. A small inset shows McGaw Hall at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), where the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches met in August 1954. There is a ship with a cross-shaped mast on the reverse. The Greek word "Oikoumene," which means "of the whole inhabited earth" appears in a half-circle over the cross. Subject:  Allegory -- Religion Architecture -- Religious -- Church Architecture -- Boat Object Type:  Medal Sculpture Owner:  World Council of Churches, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York References:  Lo Medico, Leonora, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 9D500007   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 9D500007 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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