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The 1938 nickel competition submission is not from Frans Karel Hejda as it is most often and erroneously ascribed, but rather the father and son team of William (Wilhelm) and Frank Hejda. Frank and Willem and relatives of my wife and we own what we believe is the the original submission mold inscribed with the words Competition.  Edited by annisquam
12/18/2017 1:55 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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 to CCF and please share an picture of your plaster mold. I would love to see that. |
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to the Community, annisquam! Thank you for sharing that.  |
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TNG, I posted a picture of the mold along with the post. Hopefully you can see it.
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to the community annisquam Thats way cool annisquam! Thank you for sharing that plaster. How big is it? |
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Pillar of the Community
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Way cool! Too bad that design didn't win...
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Pillar of the Community
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This thread became really interesting really quickly! Thanks for the background, annisquam!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Awesome plaster. Wow! Thanks for the clarifications and that image follow-up.
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Annisquam to CCF, This is interesting! Edited by Chopped Triumphs
12/25/2017 5:22 pm
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Thats way cool annisquam! Thank you for sharing that plaster. I agree--it is always nice to get follow up like this. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Looked around to see if I could find anything else out about this piece and actually ended up finding a different thread on this forum about it from 2014. http://goccf.com/t/184933Has a little more info but back then they also didn't have the info about the real designer I think. |
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Great info! Thanks for sharing.
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Traveling to Vienna in a few weeks to show our grandchildren some of Wilhelm Hejda's works. Started doing some online research and forgot I had posted this last year. Someone asked the size of the plaster it is 24" by ~14". The "coin" sizes are 8" the plaster is apps 3" inches thick and the piece is relatively heavy. Evidently, only US citizens were allowed to enter the nickel design contest yet Wilhelm's proflfic bas relief and medallion designs strongly suggest it was a team effort. Wilhelm was my wife"s great grand father, Frank (Franz) was her grandfather. Frank had a design studio in Manhattan in the middle third of the last century.
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I am glad you came back to update the thread. Don't be a stranger!
Enjoyed this topic.
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Here is a pic of all the plasters that were submitted. The people in the picture are Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, (right) Director of the Mint, and Edward Bruce Chief, Treasury Dept. Procurement Division, Section of Painting and Sculpture  And here is a design submitted by Christian Arpad Jakobb   Edited by jimbucks
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