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GRAFLY, Charles  (1862-1929) sculptor.
          Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 3 December 1862.
          Sometime art instructor Pennsylvania Academy of
          Fine Arts and Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
          Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 5 May 1929.
          Fellow: National Sculpture Society.

          R   E   L   I   E   F  S

1893 A Votre Sante Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Auctons: Rago Art & Auction (12 May 2012) [1/6] lot .278
1910ca Fish Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Listed H43b {1910} Trask (John E.D.)

          M   E   D   A   L   S

1900 Cornell University College of Architecture Charles
          Goodwin Sands Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . .PCA 54:365, PCA 66:505, PCA 73:691
          Collection: American Numismatic Society. . 1940.100.1853
          Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . . 362:187

            R  E  P  L  I  C  A  S    &    R  E  I  S  S  U  E  S
1900 Cornell University Charles Goodwin Sands Medal
          (reissued by the University; struck by Medallic
          Art Co) [dates/issue: 1929-81] . . . . . . .  MAco 1929-015
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 11:1426, J&J 13:47

          A  R  C  H   I  V  E  S

AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1 partial microfilm real 3920.
WSU Wichita State University houses Grafly’s plaster cast collection, papers and
          photographs.

          C  O  L  L  E  C  T  I  O  N  S

C4  {1912} Comparette 187, p 362 (erroneous citation to "Grufly" as artist).
C8  {1965} Gardner, p 78-79.

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

H43a{1901} Dallin (Vittoria Colonna)  Charles Grafly's Work. New England
          Magazine.  New ser 24: (October 1901) pp 228-235, illus. [Includes Grafley's
          medal design.]
BL  {1906} A.L.A. Portrait Index, p 605.
H43b{1910} Trask (John E.D.)  Charles Grafly, Sculptor; An Appreciative Note.  Art
          and Progress 1: (February 1910) pp 83-89, illus.
D5  {1915} Earle, p 133-134.
D8  {1926} Fielding, p 143, 470.
B1  {1943} Who Was Who, p 475.
BE  {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 618.
BDAB{1946} Dictionary of American Biography  4:1 p 468-470, by A.A. [Adeline
          Adams].
A12 {1968} Craven, passim, (biblio) 737.
A13 {1968} Proske, p 46-48, (biblio) 527-528.
A18 {1974} Goode, p 538.
AEW {1976} Whitney Museum of Art (bio) p 274-275.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 240-241.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 338-339.
AE1 {1988} Falk, 2:219-220, 3:210.
AE2 {1990} Art Institute of Chicago, p 372.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 228.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, passim.
A44 {1996} Salmon, American Masters, p 32.
BANB{1999} American National Biography, p 9:371-372, by Pamela H. Simpson.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1340.
D3a {2006} Benezit. Dictionary of Artists, p 6:548.

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

AE10{1915} Pan-Pacific Art Exhibit Catalog.
AE8 {1923} NSS Exhibit Catalog, p 84.
AE6 {1929} NSS Exhibit Catalog, P 128.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 49.
M42 {1987} Baxter, p 84.
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