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CARTER, Granville  (1920-1992) sculptor, medalist.
          Full name: Granville Wellington Carter.
          Born Augusta, Maine, 18 November 1920.
          Signed models G.W. inside C monogram.
          Fellow: National Sculpture Society.
          Awarded: J. Sanford Saltus Medal for Medallic Art by
          American Numismatic Society, 1975.
          Winner 1966 National Sculpture Society Lindsey
          Morris Prize for best bas-relief (including medallic art).
          Died Baldwin, New York, 21 November 1992.

          R   E   L   I   E   F   S
n.d. Liberté [Statue of Liberty] French Bronze Bas-Relief
          M  E  D  A  L     S  E  R  I  E  S
          Hall of Fame Series:
1963 Bell (Alexander Graham) Medal. . . . . . . MAco 1963-001-001
          Auctions:. . . . . . . PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94],
                                                                                                        PCA 64:2056
1963 Washington (George) Medal. . . . . . . . . .MAco 1963-001-009,
                                                                                                        Baker F356
                 Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BMP 2:5668; PCA 42:753,
                                                  PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94]
                    PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94], PCA 65:1289,
                                                                              PCA 78:1143, PCA 80:1113
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1980.150.33
          Exhibited: NSS 34nd Exhibition Cat AE8 {1967} illus . . 75
          Exhibited: F.I.D.E.M. 13th Congress, Prague (1969) . .  820
          Exhibited: F.I.D.E.M. 14th Congress, Colone (1971) . . .  10
          Exhibited: NSS 46th Exhibition cat AE8 {1979} illus
1963 Cooper (James Fenimore) Medal. . . . . . .MAco 1963-001-011
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . .  CAL 31:73, CAL 31:2136;
                          PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94],
          PCA 72:1959[group/26], PCA 78:1446
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . .  1980.150.8
          Exhibited: NSS 33rd Exhibition cat AE8 {1966} illus . 50PCA 72:1959[group/26], PCA 78:1446
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . .  1980.150.8
          Exhibited: NSS 33rd Exhibition cat AE8 {1966} illus . 50
1965 Edison (Thomas Alva) Medal . . . . . . . .  MAco 1963-001-029
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 11:433; PCA 52:458[set/94],
                                                         PCA 65:543[set/94]
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . 1980.150.11
          Exhibited: NSS 33rd Exhibition cat AE8 {1966} illus . 50
          Exhibited: F.I.D.E.M. 13th Congress, Prague (1969) . 819
1968 Addams (Jane) Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1963-001-052
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . .  CAL 31:73, CAL 35:2125;
          PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94]
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . .  1980.150.3
1972 Jackson (T.J. Stonewall) Medal . . . . . .MAco 1963-001-081
          Auctions:. . . . .PCA 52:458[set/94], PCA 65:543[set/94],
                                                                                    PCA 66:793
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . 1980.150.19
          National Commemorative Society Series:
1967 American-Canadian Centennial of Friendship
          Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FM NCS-40
          Brookgreen Gardens Membership Medal Series:
1980 Brookgreen Gardens Francis Marion Medal. . . . . . .  10
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAL 31:74
          Collection: American Numismatic Society . 0000.999.45673
          Collection: Brookgreen Gardens (SC). . . . .  N.1980.001
          Exhibited: NSS 48th Exhibition cat AE8 {1981} illus. 101
          M   E   D   A   L   S
1956 Fleming (John) Medal . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1956-015
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 8:1698
1956 Pilgrim Society Medal (Tiffany medal, 283) .  MAco 1956-078
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 6:2, J&J 12:660
1957 American Welding Society A.F. Davis Silver
          Medal (dates/issue: 1957- ). . . . . . . . .  MAco 1957-015
1958 American Institue of Chemical Engineers 50th
          Anniversary Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1957-050
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 13:807
          Illustrated: Nat Sculpture Review 6:4 (Winter 1957) p  2
1958 Manhattan Medal (Beth David Hospital). . .  MAco 1958-045-001
1958 Manhattan Medal (Grand Central Hospital) .  MAco 1958-045-002
1961 American Welding Society I.I.W. Medal. . . .  MAco 1961-055
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . .  1971.148.1
1964 Washington Cathedral Medal. . . . . . . . .  MAco 1964-075
          Auctions:. . . . . CAL 33:1752; J&J 8:1674, J&J 16:2019,
          J&J 19:1116
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1981.7.20
          Exhibited: F.I.D.E.M. 12th Congress, Paris (1967). . 274
1970 Maine Sesquicentennial Medal . . . . . . . .  MAco 1970-048
          Auctions:. . . . . . J&J 16:1148, J&J 18:193, J&J 25:35;
                                                                       PCA 57:1554, PCA 78:1550
          Exhibited: F.I.D.E.M. 14th Congress, Colone (1971) .  11
1973 Pulaski Memorial Committee General Pulaski Statue Medal . . . . . . MAco 1973-176
          B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S
BA   {1966} Who's Who In American Art: 1966 [9ed:70],
          1970 [10ed:63], 1973 [11ed:117-118],
          1976 [12ed:90], 1978 [13ed:111],
          1980 [14ed:118], 1982 [15ed:150],
          1984 [16ed:147], 1986 [17ed:158],
          1989 [18ed:166], 1990 [19ed:175].
A18  {1974} Goode, p 499-500.
D33  {1986} Opitz, p 136.
A42  {1993} Reynolds, p 185.
A43  {1993} Salmon, p 204-207, (biblio) 279-280.
B10  {1993} Who Was Who, p 58.
BF2  {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:585.
          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S
AF12 {1967} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibition Catalog 12th Congress. Paris (1967) 274, p 103.
AF13 {1969} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibition Catalog 13th Congress. Prague (1969) 819-820, p     57.
S29  {1969} National Commemorative Society, p 157.
AF14 {1971} F.I.D.E.M. Exhibition Catalog 14th Congress. Colone (1971) 10–11,
          unpaged.
S48  {1985} Rulau and Fuld (Baker) F356, p 173.
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