ARCHITECT CHARLES ZELLER KLAUDER AWARD MEDALS

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V18 2015 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 33, August 16, 2015, Article 23

Here's a group of medals that caught my eye in Joe Levine's Presidential Coin & Antique Company e-mail token and medal mini sale list #98. Joe can be reach via email at jlevine968@aol.com . -Editor

A TRIO OF AWARD MEDALS TO THE ARCHITECT, CHARLES ZELLER KLAUDER. According to Wikipedia, Charles Zeller Klauder (1872 – 1938) was an American architect best known for his work on university buildings and campus designs, especially his Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, the first educational skyscraper. For his lifelong architectural work, Klauder has received the Gold Medal, Architectural League, N.Y. 1921; Grand Prix Pan American Congress of Architects, 1927; Architectural Medal, Olympic Games, 1928. Klauder was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. In 1938 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician. Klauder, with Herbert C. Wise, was the author of College Architecture in America.

A. ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF NEW YORK GOLD MEDAL FOR ARCHITECTURE, 1921, 63.5mm. Gilt Bronze. Hermon MacNeil, Sc. Baxter 351. Struck by Medallic Art Company, but unmarked. Edge engraved: Charles Z. KLAUDER 1921. XF/AU. On the reverse, there is a dig in the lower right field below the second S in PERITISSIMO. Obverse with a seated figure of a muscular bare chested man resting his chin in his hand and contemplating the NYC skyline. ARCHITECTVRAL above. LEAGUE in the exergue. On the reverse is a robed standing female figure holding a palm branch. To either side of her is a two line inscription: ARCHITECTORVM/ PERITISSIMO. Similar medals also exist for Painting and Landscape Architecture and sculpture. $325.00

B. PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AWARD MEDAL, 1918. 50.5mm. Bronze. Unsigned. XF; the edge a little bit rough on top and with some dark tarnish on the reverse as shown. Obv: PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS around their logo of a pair of dividers over a lamp of learning, Rx: AWARDED/ TO over scrolled inscribed: DAY & KLAUDER/ FOR/ DORMITORIES AND/ DINING HALLS/ PRINCETON UNIVERSITY/ 1918. This award was announced by the Philadelphia Chapter in a statement that read, "Architects Day and Klauder of Philadelphia were awarded the medal and diploma of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for the best example of executed work by a member at the annual exhibition of the Chapter and the T Square Club The design was the Princeton Dormitories and Dining Hall." $87.50

C. PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTS GRAND PRIX MEDAL, BUENOS AIRES, 1927. 59.2mm. Copper Gilt. Unsigned. XF. Several minor edge dents. Obv: III CONGRESO PANAMERICANO DE ARQVITECTOS around a sunken inner circle containing a female head representative of Architecture over a pair of dividers and a triangle. Rx: III/ EXPOSICION/ DE/ ARQVITECTVRA/ SECCION ARQVITECTOS/ a rectangular cartouche inscribed: CHARLES ZELLER KLAVDER/ BUENOS AIRES/ 1927. $97.50

As an alum of the University of Pittsburgh, I spent a lot of time in the Cathedral of Learning, an amazing building. The medieval-style architecture was a delight. It was built during the Depression under Chancellor Frank Bowman, whose critics referred to it as "Bowman's Erection." -Editor

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