103013 | GREAT BRITAIN & NETHERLANDS. "Together" cast bronze Medal.

103013  |  GREAT BRITAIN & NETHERLANDS. "Together" cast bronze Medal. Issued 2004 (66mm x 62mm, 257.20 g, 12h). By Theo van de Vathorst for the British Art Medal Society, and cast by the Bruining foundry in Haarlem.

 

Nude male and female seated facing, each with one arm around the other's back and with the other arm placed in front, clasping hands // The backs of those two figures. Edge: Plain.

 

The Medal 46, p. 102 (and also serving as the front and back cover art for the issue). As Made. Olive-bronze surfaces, with some hints of green for highlights. Fairly scarce and thought-provoking, with a total output of just 55 pieces.

 

Theo van de Vathorst (1934-2022) was a prolific sculptor and medallist from Utrecht. In The Medal 46, the writeup for this medal mentions that he had "...always been fascinated by the challenge of projecting ideas, by way of sculptural forms and solutions, onto the relatively small scale of a medal. The two-sidedness, though posing an extra problem, is in fact a bonus. I always strive for a direct link between the two sides. Most of my medals are concerned in one way or another with human beings and their relationships. For 'Together' it is hardly necessary to explain what it is about. But it is too simple to see only the two figures. Underlying them is an abstract composition binding all elements involved into an interesting object."

 

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Upload: 3 March 2025.