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Private Medal - Dada
| Location | Israel |
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| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined busts of two men in left-facing profile in high relief, depicting Marcel Janco and Medi, the last Dada princes and founders of Ein Hod in Israel. A circular legend surrounds the field, and the engraver's signature 'Janco' appears in the lower right field. |
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| Reverse description | Abstract Dadaist composition in relief after Marcel Janco's 'Blanc sur Blanc' (1917), featuring geometric and figurative forms in a cubist-influenced arrangement. Poetic text referencing Jean Arp fills the right field, while the circular legend naming the work and its creator runs around the border, partially inverted at the base. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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