Ivo Kerdic (1881-1953) - Medals and Plaquettes from the Zagreb Archaeological Museum
Author: Ivan Mirnik
Exhibition is opened from January till April 2004
This exhibition has been conceived to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the great Croatian sculptor and medallist Ivo Kerdic (b. Davor, 19th May 1881, d. Zagreb, 27th October 1953), to show the general public his medals from the Numismatic Collection of the Zagreb Arehaeological Museum. There are e. 160 of them, but this number includes two or more specimens of same medal, variants of the same medal, cast or struck, badges, dies. They have been assembled starting with 1911, when Kerdic's first work was presented to this collection, until today. Some medals and plaquettes were either presented or sold to the Museum by the artist himself. One third of all works by Kerdic, exactly 56 items, as part of the large and unique collection of medals formed by the late Berislav Kopac (b. Sarajevo, 2nd October 1927, d. Zagreb, 18th January 2000) were unselfishly presented to the Museum by his widow Mrs Ana Kopac.