GAGE, Merrell  (1892-1981) sculptor, medalist.
          Full name: Robert Merrell Gage.
          Born Topeka, Kansas, 26 December 1892.
          Apprenticed to Gutzon Borglum 1914-16, and 1921-23.
          Taught at three organizaions: Washburn College, Kansas City
          Art Institute, University of Southern California at Los Angeles.
          Created two reel short film Face of Lincoln on Mount
          Rushmore which won an Acaemy Award, 1955.
          Died Santa Monica, California, 30 October 1981.
          Fellow: National Sculpture Society.

          M   E   D   A   L   S

1927 Hatfield (Dalzell Harvey) Medal For Painting
          (awarded by California Art Club). . . . . . .MAco 1928-051

1931 Alpha Rho Chi Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1931-018

1933 Basketball Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1933-034

1934 Golf Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1934-026
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J&J 8:1735

1965 Lincoln College Centennial Medal . . . . . . .  MAco 1964-069
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 10:295

          A  R C  H   I  V  E  S

AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 0.6 linear ft.

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

BA  {1937} Who's Who In American Art:
          1937 [1ed:159], 1939 [2ed:195],
          1941 [3ed:237], 1947 [4ed:183],
          1953 [5ed:149], 1956 [6ed:163-164],
          1959 [7ed:199], 1962 [8ed:214].
D32 {1982} Oakland Museum, p 26.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 221.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 310.
101  {1989} Hughes, Artists in California, p 197.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1229.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 5:1222.

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

AE6 {1929} NSS Exhibit Catalog, p 126.