2648 - MEDALS. MODERN ART MEDALS. FINLAND. Räsänen, Kauko. Three-part silver medal, 60 mm in diameter (561.00 g). 1977, by Räsänen. Depicting Michelangelo. Consisting of 3 interlocking parts. First part: Michelangelo’s head / a nude male figure entwined around a cross; Middle part: A nude male figure (Michelangelo), surrounded by flames, carving a block of marble into a work of art / A nude Michelangelo, lying on his back, painting the ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel; third part: Abstract depiction of the Last Judgment / The artist as a puppeteer with the Pope, a military commander, and a king as puppets. Smooth edge with edge mark: “SPORR S 925 C10 999.” 60 mm. 560 g fine silver.

MEDALS. MODERN ART MEDALS. FINLAND. Räsänen, Kauko. Three-part silver medal, 60 mm in diameter (561.00 g). 1977, by Räsänen. Depicting Michelangelo. Consisting of 3 interlocking parts. First part: Michelangelo’s head / a nude male figure entwined around a cross; Middle part: A nude male figure (Michelangelo), surrounded by flames, carving a block of marble into a work of art / A nude Michelangelo, lying on his back, painting the ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel; third part: Abstract depiction of the Last Judgment / The artist as a puppeteer with the Pope, a military commander, and a king as puppets. Smooth edge with edge mark: “SPORR S 925 C10 999.” 60 mm. 560 g fine silver. Hackl/Klose 87. Mintage: 2,000 copies. In a wooden case. Nearly proof-like. Provenance: From the collection of numismatist Josef Hackl.