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Ambassador. Robert Woods Bliss, for delivery.
The presentation Of the prizes was made q
ceremonious occasion, taking place In the In
stituto Cultural Argentine Norte-americano In
the presence Of Q notable gathering. In pre-
senting the awards, Ambassador Bliss said in
part: The motives which inspired group Of
Argentines TO found this Institute Cultural ind
Q ready echo in the action Of the Baltimore
Museum Of Art 81 organizing . Pan-American
Exhibition OF Contemporary Paintings. Each
has been guided by q common purpose, which
has had its fun and auspicious realization In .
way to amply justify those motives It Is Of
interest TO mention In this respect that the
pan-American exhibition after having remained
for several weeks In Baltimore, Is now moving
from one city to another in the United States
In an endeavor to make known throughout the
length and breadth Of the country the handi-
work Of the outstanding painters Of today in
the republics Of our continent. This Is . par
ticularly happy initiative which win 60 far
toward not only spreading knowledge Of the
trend Of pan-American art, but also stimulat-
ing q closer understanding between the coun-
tries. . : 1t IS my hope that this occasion viii
serve as an additional incentive to the citizens
OF our two republics to persevere in their efforts
toward acquiring fuller knowledge Of what the
intellectual and artistic elements Of both coun-
tries are trying to accomplish q reflection
of national Ideals
IN the Baltimore Museum at the present time
. AucLlOLIal cA1hlDdtlO1 U Tile WULk3 Oh ktODcEB
Henri is on view. This exhibition was assembled
in New York and shown first at the Metropoli-
tan Museum. It consists Of So works from the
Henri exhibition recently shown in New York,
and the catalogue has an introduction by John
Sloan. Washingtcnians win fnd this exhibi-
ton well worth the trip to Baltimore
IN Philadelphia last month at the Sketch Club
! an interesting exhibition was held Of original
models and castings for medals and coins-the
work Of John r. Sinnock chief medaliSt and
Adam Pietz, assistant medalist, of the United
States Mint in Philadelphia. Both Of these
artists are sculptor designers who have collab-
GRATED in numerous works. While their close
association was unknown to the jury Of award,
they separately won the national competition
Tor the design Of the special Congressional
Medal OF Honor to the three principals-Ells-
worth. AmundSen and Nobile-in the fight over
the North Pole in the dirigible Norge. Each
was selected to design one side of the medal.
Both OF these designs were included in the ex-
hibition. Also among the works shown was
the Thomas Edison special Congressional Medal
OF Honor, designed by Mr.. Sinnock and modelled
from life. Also his portraits of ex-President
Calvin Coolidge and President Hoover were in
cluded In the United States Mint series, which
have been highly commended Other medals
shown, most Of which were cast In bronze, were
for the Geographic Society, the Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society and the Alumni Associa-
ton Of the School of the Pennsylvania Museum.
A unique feature of this exhibition the
Hoover presidential medal struck In platinum