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SOM#015, Robert I. Aitkin, All Mankind Loves a Lover, 1937
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From the collection of John Birks
Numbers Issued: 1,160 Bronze, 100 Silver
From the Artist:
"This medallion began to enfold a symbolic group of two figures, interwoven into a composition, which appears to penetrate the bronze, so that one side is the completion of the other. To inject the thought that Love is Immortal: the winged scarab, symbol of immortality, which also seems to be imbedded in the bronze, was added. On the rear of the scarab appears the designer's initials incised (in reverse). … The quotation from Emerson "ALL MANKIND LOVES A LOVER" was chosen as a sequel to the words of Virgil - 'OMNIA VINCIT AMOR' 'LOVE CONQUERS ALL'."
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![SOM#015, Robert I. Aitkin, All Mankind Loves a Lover, 1937
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 1,160 Bronze, 100 Silver[/i]
[b]From the Artist:[/b]
"This medallion began to enfold a symbolic group of two figures, interwoven into a composition, which appears to penetrate the bronze, so that one side is the completion of the other. To inject the thought that Love is Immortal: the winged scarab, symbol of immortality, which also seems to be imbedded in the bronze, was added. On the rear of the scarab appears the designer's initials incised (in reverse). … The quotation from Emerson "ALL MANKIND LOVES A LOVER" was chosen as a sequel to the words of Virgil - 'OMNIA VINCIT AMOR' 'LOVE CONQUERS ALL'."
Keywords: SOM](albums/userpics/10001/SOM%23015-combo.jpg "SOM#015, Robert I. Aitkin, All Mankind Loves a Lover, 1937
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 1,160 Bronze, 100 Silver[/i]
[b]From the Artist:[/b]
\"This medallion began to enfold a symbolic group of two figures, interwoven into a composition, which appears to penetrate the bronze, so that one side is the completion of the other. To inject the thought that Love is Immortal: the winged scarab, symbol of immortality, which also seems to be imbedded in the bronze, was added. On the rear of the scarab appears the designer's initials incised (in reverse). … The quotation from Emerson \"ALL MANKIND LOVES A LOVER\" was chosen as a sequel to the words of Virgil - 'OMNIA VINCIT AMOR' 'LOVE CONQUERS ALL'.\"
Keywords: SOM")
