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FRY, Sherry Edmundson  (1879-1966) sculptor, medalist.
          He was born Creston, Iowa, 29 September 1879.
          Died Kent, Connecticut, 15 June 1966.
          Specialized figures, animals.
          Signed models FRY full last name.
          Member: National Sculpture Society.

          C   O   I   N   S

1927 Bennington–Vermont Sesquicentennial Half Dollar
          (unaccepted models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Illustrated: N16 {1967} Taxay, full page . . . . . . .91

          M   E   D   A   L   S
1920 Harvard University Maurice Douglas Flattery
          Science Medal . . . . . . . . . . Storer 875, MAco 1920-019
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . 1940.100.2150
1925 New-York Historical Society Medal . . . . . . MAco 1925-021

          B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D5  {1915} Earle, p 125.
D8  {1926} Fielding, p 130, 468 (supplemental notes on Fry incorrectely refer to Fry as         female).
BA  {1937} Who's Who In American Art:
          1937 [1ed:157], 1939 [2ed:193],
          1941 [3ed:234], 1947 [4ed:181].
BE {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 564.
BI  {1946} Institute, p 1062.
B35 {1967} Who's Who.
A18 {1974} Goode, p 166, 243-248.
B6  {1976} Who Was Who, p 149.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 218.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 305.
AE1 {1988} Falk, 2:206, 3:195.
AE2 {1990} Art Institute of Chicago, p 344.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 213.
BANB{1999} American National Biography, p 8:527-528, by Susan James-Gadzinski.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1208.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 5:1151.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

BE2 {1915} Pan-Pacific Art Exhibit Catalog.
AE8 {1923} NSS Exhibit Catalog, p 78.
M10 {1923} Storer (Massachusetts) 875, p 111.
E6    {1927} Trees (Clyde Curlee) Medallic Art in Commerce, Civics, Philanthropy,
          Letters and Science. New York: Medallic Art Company (1927) 39 pages.
AE6 {1929} NSS Exhibit Catalog, p 124.
N10 {1967} Taxay, p 25; 89-106 (Bennington Vermont, rejected models illustrated).
A13 {1968} Proske, p 294-297, (biblio) 5
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 174.
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