BOOK REVIEW: EUGENE DAUB

Eugene Daub
Portraits, Medals, and Monuments

The book's title introduces us to the artistic works of Eugene Daub in his three major fields of work – Portraiture, Medals, and Monuments.

Profusely illustrated with concept sketches, works in progress and finished pieces; the range of Daub's career is well documented with works in clay and ceramics, bronze, cast or struck medals, plastics and cardboard.

Some of his commissions are very well known such as the Rosa Parks statue in the U.S. Capitol and Corps of Discovery in Kansas City, to the Sonny Rollins portrait medal which graced cover of the deluxe CD box set of his works by Milestone Records.

Other works have a smaller audience such as numerous religious theme statues for local churches.

 
1981 Paoli Presbyterian Church "Enter to Worship" lunette plaster

Familiar with numismatics, he designed a recent set of gold bullion coins for the Paris Mint, many recent medals in the Jewish – American Hall of Fame series as well as portraits for several past presidents of the New York Numismatic Club as well as member's medals for Brookgreen Gardens and the new Huntington Medal of the ANS.

 
New York Numismatic Club medals for Michael Druck and Mark Anderson

Bridging the gap of numismatics and sculptures is a recent larger than life-size statue of Chester L. Krause for a legacy park in Iola, Wis. The book is interspersed with Daub's commentary and there is a forward by Rosa Lowinger, an interview by Ron Linden, biography by Wofgang Mabry and a chapter on Medallic Art by George Cuhaj, so I'm not an impartial critic.

As a forty-five year friend of Eugene, and one who was aware of many of these projects as they went thru the production stages during visits to his studios it is nice to see things well documented and nicely presented in this book.

 

180 pages
8-1/2 x 11 inches
Card Cover
ISBN# 979-8-218-80483-1

The book can be ordered and paid for several ways:
$47.50 postpaid in the US

Paypal to Anne Olsen Daub
Venmo Anne- Olsen- 18
Zelle Anne Olsen Daub 310 707 8536

Snail Mail Check to:
Eugene Daub
295 West 15 St.
San Pedro CA 90731

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
EUGENE DAUB RETROSPECTIVE (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n39a10.html)
NEW BOOK: PORTRAITS, METALS, AND MONUMENTS (https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n32a02.html)
EUGENE DAUB BOOK UPDATE (https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n33a06.html)

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