尤金·道布 (Eugene Daub) 荣获 2024 年美国年度奖章

美国奖章雕塑家协会将尤金·道布 (Eugene Daub) 评为 2024 年美国年度奖章获得者，奖牌创建于 2023 年

The American Medallic Sculptors Association has named Eugene Daub the 2024 American Medal of the Year medal winner, for medals created in 2023.

美国奖章雕塑家协会将尤金·道布 (Eugene Daub) 评为 2024 年美国年度奖章获得者，因其奖牌于 2023 年制作。

Daub was recognized for his award medal commissioned by the American Numismatic Society, specifically for the Huntington Award. The ANS Huntington Award is a medal conferred annually in honor of the late Archer M. Huntington, ANS benefactor and president from 1905 to 1910. When stocks of the previous medal ran low, the society commissioned the newly designed medal.

多布因其由美国钱币学会委托颁发的奖章而获得认可，特别是亨廷顿奖。 ANS 亨廷顿奖是每年为纪念 1905 年至 1910 年间 ANS 捐助者兼主席阿彻·M·亨廷顿 (Archer M. Huntington) 颁发的奖章。当之前的奖章库存不足时，协会委托设计了新的奖章。

“This award has raised my spirits,” Daub noted. “It’s interesting that the award is for an award. In this case, honoring people who have done extraordinary work. This dovetails with much of the work I do, creating medals to honor extraordinary people. There is nothing in the world I would rather be doing than creating artwork for that purpose.

“这个奖项鼓舞了我的士气，”道布说道。 “有趣的是，这个奖项就是为了奖项而颁奖。在这种情况下，是对做出杰出工作的人表示敬意。这与我所做的大部分工作相吻合，为杰出人士颁发奖牌。世界上没有什么比为此目的创作艺术品更愿意做的事情了。

“I am grateful to Peter Van Alfen and the ANS committee for giving me the opportunity to create this medal. It was a tough act to follow, replacing the Fuchs medal that was such a beautiful piece of medallic art.

“我感谢 Peter Van Alfen 和 ANS 委员会给我机会创造这枚奖牌。这是一个很难遵循的行为，取代了福克斯奖章，这是一件如此美丽的奖章艺术品。

“Originally, I thought I would be doing a portrait of Huntington, but the committee wanted more of a symbolic piece. This forced me to dig deeper into an approach that symbolized scholarship — the book and the medal, my two favorite things — and render their sculptural essence. Because of its simplicity, I feel it complements whatever medallic images that it is paired with, as in the recent photo composition by Emma Pratte of the ANS Award to Dr. Pliego.”

“最初，我以为我会画一幅亨廷顿的肖像，但委员会想要更多的是象征性的作品。这迫使我更深入地挖掘一种象征学术的方法——书籍和奖牌，我最喜欢的两件事——并呈现它们的雕塑本质。由于它的简单性，我觉得它与与之搭配的任何奖牌图像相得益彰，就像艾玛·普拉特 (Emma Pratte) 最近为 Pliego 博士颁发 ANS 奖的照片构图一样。”

The AMSA award medals were struck in silver at Medalcraft of Green Bay, Wis., and are 69 millimeters in diameter.

AMSA 奖牌是在威斯康星州绿湾 Medalcraft 铸造的银质奖牌，直径为 69 毫米。

This year, two medals tied for second place AMSA honors. One Man’s Terrorist is the Next Man’s Freedom Fighter, created by long-time AMSA member Michael Meszaros, and Oak Leaves, by new member Tracy Mahaffey, received the honors.

今年，两枚奖牌并列获得 AMSA 荣誉第二名。 《One Man's Terrorist》是《Next Man's Freedom Fighter》，由 AMSA 长期成员 Michael Meszaros 创作，而《Oak Leaves》则由新成员 Tracy Mahaffey 创作，获得了这一荣誉。

These two medals truly demonstrate the breadth of subjects that medals can capture, from provocative political statements to intimate views of nature. Meszaros has twice won the AMY in the past, while this is Mahaffey’s first entry.

这两枚奖章真实地展示了奖章可以捕捉的主题的广度，从挑衅性的政治声明到对自然的亲密看法。梅萨罗斯过去曾两次赢得 AMY，而这是马哈菲首次参赛。

Meszaros’ medal is in bronze and 99 millimeters in diameter. The artist says, “Both sides are the same, except for the inscriptions and the symbols on the shoulders of both shooter and victims. The effect on the victims is the same. Your view as to which is villain, and which is hero depends on which side you support.”

梅萨罗斯的奖牌为青铜材质，直径 99 毫米。艺术家说：“除了枪手和受害者肩膀上的铭文和符号之外，两边都是一样的。对受害者的影响是一样的。你对谁是恶棍、谁是英雄的看法取决于你支持哪一方。”

Mahaffey is a professional stone carver from Rhode Island who specializes in headstones and memorials. Oak Leaves is her first bronze medal, uniface, and 4.5 inches in diameter. The artist says, “I love focusing on the mundane; these are the things that bring me relief from all the stress of the day — telephone poles, clothes pins, pine cones, these are all grounding for me.”

马哈菲（Mahaffey）是来自罗德岛州的一位专业石雕师，专门从事墓碑和纪念馆的雕刻。 《Oak Leaves》是她的第一枚铜牌，单面，直径 4.5 英寸。艺术家说：“我喜欢关注平凡的事物；这些东西可以让我从一天的所有压力中解脱出来——电线杆、衣夹、松果，这些都是我的根基。”

All AMY entries, by 24 artists, will be pictured in the next full-color issue of AMSA’s Members Exchange.

24 位艺术家的所有 AMY 参赛作品都将出现在 AMSA 会员交流的下一期全彩期刊中。

Art medal collectors and designers are invited to learn about and join the American Medallic Sculpture Association at www.amsamedals.org. Previous year’s winners may be viewed at https://amsamedals.org/eventsamerican_medal_of_the_year_award/.

艺术奖章收藏家和设计师受邀了解并加入美国奖章雕塑协会，网址：www.amsamedals.org。上一年的获奖者可以在 https://amsamedals.org/eventsamerican_medal_of_the_year_award/ 上查看。