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KECK, Charles  (1875-1951) sculptor, medalist.
            Born New York City, 9 September 1875.
            Died New York City, 23 April 1951.
            Signed models CK initials.
            Fellow: National Sculpture Society.
            Member:American Federation of Arts.

          C   O   I   N   S

1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition Gold
            One Dollar (modeled by Keck, dies cut by
            Charles E. Barber) . . . . . . . . . . . Breen 7433-7436
1927 Bennington–Vermont Sesquicentennial Commemorative
            Half Dollar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Breen 7482
1936 Lynchburg Virignia Sesquicentennial Commemorative
            Half Dollar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Breen 7552, KM 183

          R  E  L  I  E  F  S

1911 Unnamed Reliefs (cast by Gorham, two reliefs) . . . . . . . .
 1913ca Borden (William Whiting) Votive Fountain Relief
            Collection: Yale University Art Gallery. . . . . . . 164
1913 U.S.S. Maine Relic Plaque (cast from metal recovered
            from the U.S.S. Maine, by Jno Williams Foundry) . . . . .
            Auctions:. . . . . .  PCA 42:214, PCA 60:106, PCA 71:315,
                                    PCA 80:165, PCA 81:81, PCA 84:175
            Auction: New York 30 Sept 1988 (unknown auction house)
1920ca Distinguished Gentleman Plaque (cast by Gorham).
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 26:425

          M   E   D   A   L   S

1910ca Unnamed Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
            Exhibited: National Academy of Design AE5 (1910-W) .  83
1916 Columbia School of Architecture Alumni Medal . MAco 1916-001
            Collection: American Numismatic Society. . 1940.100.2140
1916 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni
            William Barton Rogers Building Dedication Medal
            (by Whitehead & Hoag). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(38), Storer 2024
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . .  J&J 11:79; PCA 67:896, PCA 81:1859
1916 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni William
            Barton Rodgers Tribute Medal (struck by Medallic
            Art Company) [dates/issue] . . . . MAco 1916-016, Storer 2022
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NAS 72:1137
1916 Pilcher (Lewis Stephen) Medal. . . Storer 2834, MAco 1916-010,
                                                                                      Freeman 422
            Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . . . . .  16.128
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 25:1376; CAL 30:457
            Collection: American Numismatic Society. .  1940.100.505
Picture
1917 Columbia University Class of 1891 Medal. . . . MAco 1917-004
1927 New York State Sesquicentennial Medal (obv portrait
            George Clinton, first NY governor; SesquiCentenial !
            misspelled on rev, no third n; never
            corrected) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1927-010
            Auctions:. . . . . . . CAL 28:37, CAL 28:75, CAL 29:353,
            CAL 30:133, CAL 33:1324; J&J 11:95, J&J 17:574,
            J&J 21:35, J&J 23:187, J&J 25:45, J&J 27:712;
            NAS 65:2225; PCA 42:988-989, PCA 47:1842,
            PCA 53:1556, PCA 54:1770, PCA 57:1620, PCA 59:29,
            PCA 63:1551, PCA 67:905, PCA 70:1328
            Collection: American Numismatic Society [>1] 1931.58.869
            Collection: Cornell Univ Johnson Art Museum. . . . . 213
            Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . .  27.208
            Collection: Princeton Library Vermeule (NC000) . . . 187
            Exhibited: Utah Museum of Fine Arts (1991) . . . . . 187 
1927 Vermont Sesquicentennial Medal . . . . . . .  MAco 1926-021
            Auctions:. . . . .  CAL 29:331, CAL 30:127, CAL 33:1293;
            J&J 10:822, J&J 11:81, J&J 12:272, J&J 21:1031,
            J&J 22:790, J&J 23:170; NAS 65:2224; PCA 42:1016,
            PCA 44:1577, PCA 53:1568, PCA 58:1941, PCA 63:1572,
            PCA 65:1636, PCA 69:1725, PCA 84:1031
            Collection: Princeton Library Vermeule (NC000) . . . .  186
            Exhibited: Utah Museum of Fine Arts (1991) . . . . . . . . 186
Illustrated: [Trees] Medallic Art in Commerce (1927) p . 27
1928 Edmunds (George Franklin) Medal. . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1928-013
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J&J 13:30
1929 Southerland (B.D.L.) Medal (obv by Keck, rev
            designed by Jonathan M. Swanson, engraved by
            Franz Eue) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1929-022
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . J&J 11:9; PCA 65:1941, PCA 72:1919
1939 Lake George Monument Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1939-045
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PCA 69:1744
1942 Salmon (Thomas W.) Medal (laurel and cartouche
            stock die). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1942-012
1970 University of the State of New York Board of Regents Medal . . . . MAco 1970-084

            S  E  A  L  S

n.d. American Academy in Rome Seal Medal. . . . . . . . .
n.d. New York State Workmen's Compensation Commission
            Seal Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Portrait of Keck by Adolph A. Weinman:               
    1898 Keck (Charles) Plaquette. . . . . . . . .       
    Auctions:. . . . . . . . J&J 8:476, J&J 14:485       

            A  R  C  H   I  V  E  S

AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 6 linear
            ft. on 3 microfilm reels: D105, 441, 2068.
GA Gorham Company Archives.

            C O L L E C T I O N S

C8  {1965} Gardner 16.128, 27.208, p 118-119.
C13 {1992} Freedman and Frank 164, p 91.
C14 {1996} Marqusee 213, p 42, (biography) 93.

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

Px  {1912} Byne (Arthur G.)  The Salient Characteristic of the Work of Charles Keck
            Architectural Record 32: (August 1912) pp 120-128, illus.
D8  {1926} Fielding, p 195, 484.
BA  {1937} Who's Who In American Art:
            1937 [1ed:231], 1939 [2ed:286],
            1941 [3ed:349], 1947 [4ed:255].
BE  {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 809.
P30 {1951} New York Times (24 April) 29:1 obit; (3 May) 28:7 tribute letter.
B3  {1960} Who Was Who, p 464.
AA1 {1972} Archives of American Art, 280, p 76.
A27 {1983} Evert, p 413-414.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 329.
A28 {1986) Greenthal, p 344-348.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 477-478.
AE1 {1988} Falk, p 3:264.
AE2 {1990} Art Institute of Chicago, p 500.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 297.
A32 {1993} Reynolds, p 182.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1804-1805.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 7:1134.

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

E3  {1902-30} Forrer 7:498.
M10 {1923} Storer (Massachusetts) 2022, p 264.
E6   {1927} Trees (Clyde Curlee) Medallic Art in Commerce, Civics, Philanthropy,
            Letters and Science. New York: Medallic Art Company (1927) 39 pages.
M14 {1931} Storer (medical) 2834, 389 (artist name as cokeck).
R4  {1941} Whitehead & Hoag (38), p 26, illus 27.
R6  {1950ca}Weil. Unpublished manuscript.
E8  {1951} Kenney, p 13.
M21 {1964} Freeman 422, p 205.
N16  {1967} Taxay, p 24-32 (Panama-Pacific Expo coins, Keck's gold dollar models illustrated, p 27), 
            89-102 (Bennington–Vermont half dollar),  211-214 (Lynchburg Virginia half dollar); 248 
            (appointed to create Booker T. Washington coin, but withdrawn for a Black artist).
A13 {1968} Proske, p 129-131, (biblio) 531.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, passim.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 63.
O12 {1988} Breen 7433-7436, p 584-585; 7482, p 593; 7552 600.
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 713-714 (bio).
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 133.
N37 {2005} Burdette. Renaissance of American Coinage, vol 2, passim.
"There has been no scholar better qualified to create 'the American Forrer' than Dick Johnson."
-Cornelius C. Vermule III, Curator Emeritus
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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