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LUINI, Costanzo  (1886-1980) Italian-American sculptor.
            Born Milan, Italy, 31 August 1886.
            Came to America before 1925.
            He exhibited medals at Pennsylvania Academy of the
            Fine Arts (1925, 1927, 1930); and the National Academy
            of Design (1929).
            Died Providence, Rhode Island, February 1980.

           R  E  L  I  E  F  S

1920ca Christ on Cross Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           Auctons: Rago Art & Auction (12 May 2012) [1/6] lot . 333
1920ca Lincoln (Abraham) Portrait Plaque . . . . . . .
           Auctions:. . . . . .  BMP 2:6156; PCA 50:177, PCA 56:212,
                                                                                    PCA 74:372
1920ca Madona and Child Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           Auctions: Rago Art & Auction (12 May 2012) [1/6] lot . 333
1920ca Washington (George) Portrait Plaque . . Baker Y-250
           Auctions:. . . . . .  PCA 42:266, PCA 50:170, PCA 56:194,
                      PCA 74:292

           M   E   D   A   L   S

n.d. Edison (Thomas) Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
n.d. Pershing (John Joseph) Medal . . . . . . . . . . . .
n.d. Scott (Walter) Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
n.d. Societe des Femmes de France in New York Medal . . .
1917 Vail (Theodore Newton) Medal (delineated by Harry Bates
            Thayer, company president, honoring famed American
            telephone pioneer Vail, modeled by Luini; struck by
            Tiffany & Co.) [dates/issue: 1917-1920] (this is the
           first version of American Vail Medal, later by Adolph
            Weinman, struck by Medallic Art Co, 22-29). . . .
            Auctions:. . . . . . .  J&J 20:118; PCA 71:602, PCA 72:731, PCA 84:436.
            Exhibited: National Academy of Design AE5 (1929-W) . 417
            Illustrated: The Numismatist 34:9 (September 1921) p 402

           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:269], 1939 [2ed:334],
           1941 [3ed:407].
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 559.
AE1 {1988} Falk, p 3:301.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 335.
D37 {1993} Soria, p 108.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:2079.

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

S48 {1985} Rulau and Fuld (Baker) Y-250, p 308.
"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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