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SOM#101, Marcel Jovine, To the Dreamers of Dreams, 1980
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From the collection of John Birks
Number issued: 750 Bronze
FROM THE ARTIST
A practical person would describe a unicorn as follows: “fabulous animal generally depicted with the body and head of a horse, the hind legs of a stag, the tail of a lion and a single horn in the middle of his forehead.” To the DREAMER OF DREAMS, the Unicorn is a reality and never more alive than when we need him most. I have depicted him in an adaptation of the Gothic tapestries, “Hunting the Unicorn” where he is perhaps best known …. But he is everywhere …. I have found it to be so …
In “Through the Looking Glass” the Unicorn rather disdainfully remarks to Alice that he believed children to be fabulous monsters. Alice retorts, “I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters too. I never saw one alive before!” the Unicorn replies, “if you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you. Is that a bargain?” We now have all seen the Unicorn and hopefully believe.
ABOUT THE SCULPTOR, MARCEL JOVINE
Prominent sculptor and numismatic artist Marcel Jovine is a naturalized American citizen who came to this country as a young man from Turin, Italy. He resides in Closter, New Jersey.
Marcel returns to the country of his birth every summer for renewed inspiration and an occasional encounter with a unicorn.
Creator of the Official Lake Placid Winter Olympic Commemorative Medallion which was presented to the 10,000 participants in the Olympic games, Jovine has also created six Calendar Medallions for the Medallic Art Company. In addition he is also the creator of the American Freedom Train medal as well as countless medals for industry, government and various organizations.
Jovine is a member of the National Sculpture Society and the winner of its coveted Lindsay Morris Memorial Prize for bas relief sculpture for the 1976 Medallic Art Company Calendar Medallion.
He considers this medal, his tapestry in bronze to be his finest work thus far.
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![SOM#101, Marcel Jovine, To the Dreamers of Dreams, 1980
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Number issued: 750 Bronze[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
A practical person would describe a unicorn as follows: “fabulous animal generally depicted with the body and head of a horse, the hind legs of a stag, the tail of a lion and a single horn in the middle of his forehead.” To the DREAMER OF DREAMS, the Unicorn is a reality and never more alive than when we need him most. I have depicted him in an adaptation of the Gothic tapestries, “Hunting the Unicorn” where he is perhaps best known …. But he is everywhere …. I have found it to be so …
In “Through the Looking Glass” the Unicorn rather disdainfully remarks to Alice that he believed children to be fabulous monsters. Alice retorts, “I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters too. I never saw one alive before!” the Unicorn replies, “if you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you. Is that a bargain?” We now have all seen the Unicorn and hopefully believe.
[b]ABOUT THE SCULPTOR, MARCEL JOVINE[/b]
Prominent sculptor and numismatic artist Marcel Jovine is a naturalized American citizen who came to this country as a young man from Turin, Italy. He resides in Closter, New Jersey.
Marcel returns to the country of his birth every summer for renewed inspiration and an occasional encounter with a unicorn.
Creator of the Official Lake Placid Winter Olympic Commemorative Medallion which was presented to the 10,000 participants in the Olympic games, Jovine has also created six Calendar Medallions for the Medallic Art Company. In addition he is also the creator of the American Freedom Train medal as well as countless medals for industry, government and various organizations.
Jovine is a member of the National Sculpture Society and the winner of its coveted Lindsay Morris Memorial Prize for bas relief sculpture for the 1976 Medallic Art Company Calendar Medallion.
He considers this medal, his [i]tapestry in bronze[/i] to be his finest work thus far.
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[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Number issued: 750 Bronze[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
A practical person would describe a unicorn as follows: “fabulous animal generally depicted with the body and head of a horse, the hind legs of a stag, the tail of a lion and a single horn in the middle of his forehead.” To the DREAMER OF DREAMS, the Unicorn is a reality and never more alive than when we need him most. I have depicted him in an adaptation of the Gothic tapestries, “Hunting the Unicorn” where he is perhaps best known …. But he is everywhere …. I have found it to be so …
In “Through the Looking Glass” the Unicorn rather disdainfully remarks to Alice that he believed children to be fabulous monsters. Alice retorts, “I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters too. I never saw one alive before!” the Unicorn replies, “if you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you. Is that a bargain?” We now have all seen the Unicorn and hopefully believe.
[b]ABOUT THE SCULPTOR, MARCEL JOVINE[/b]
Prominent sculptor and numismatic artist Marcel Jovine is a naturalized American citizen who came to this country as a young man from Turin, Italy. He resides in Closter, New Jersey.
Marcel returns to the country of his birth every summer for renewed inspiration and an occasional encounter with a unicorn.
Creator of the Official Lake Placid Winter Olympic Commemorative Medallion which was presented to the 10,000 participants in the Olympic games, Jovine has also created six Calendar Medallions for the Medallic Art Company. In addition he is also the creator of the American Freedom Train medal as well as countless medals for industry, government and various organizations.
Jovine is a member of the National Sculpture Society and the winner of its coveted Lindsay Morris Memorial Prize for bas relief sculpture for the 1976 Medallic Art Company Calendar Medallion.
He considers this medal, his [i]tapestry in bronze[/i] to be his finest work thus far.
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