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HOVELL, Joseph  (1897-1983) Russian-American sculptor.
           Born Kiev, Russia, 28 October 1897. Came to America
            circa 1920.  Died New York City, March 1983.

           C  A  S  T    M  E  D  A  L  S

1941 Diesendruck (Zevi) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Fleischer (Max) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Halévy (Jacques Francois Fromenthal Elie)
           Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  FB 488
1941 Hiller (Ferdinand) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Horner (Henry)  Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Ittleson (Henry) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Kohler (Max J.) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Krauskopf (Joseph) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Goodman (Edwin) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Offenbach (Jacques) Medallion. . . . . . . . . .  FB 702
1945ca Rickover (Hyman) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . .
1946 Rothschild (Baron James de) Medallion. . . . . .  FB 554
1950 Lehman (Herbert Henry) Medallion . . . . . . . . FB 1066
           Illustrated: E11 {1976} Friedenberg, Jewish Minters p108

           M   E   D   A   L   S

1967 Hebrew University Medallion. . . . . . . . .  MAco 67-59

           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:209], 1939 [2ed:258-259],
           1941 [3ed:315], 1947 [4ed:232],
           1953 [5ed:194], 1956 [6ed:217],
           1959 [7ed:266], 1962 [8ed:288],
           1966 [9ed:217], 1970 [10ed:190-191],
           1973 [11ed:342], 1976 [12ed:263],
           1978 [13ed:325], 1980 [14ed:346],
           1982 [15ed:442].
D33  {1986} Opitz, p 425.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 271.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1630.

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

M18 {1963} Friedenberg FB 488, p 127, 554 88, 702 130, 1066, p 62, (misstates first
           initial as S).
E11 {1976} Friedenberg, p 102, 108, 111.
M52 {2001} Rezak (Ira)  The Samuel Friedenberg Project: A Privately Commissioned
           Medallic Jewish Hall of Fame c1940. Médailles (2001).
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