直径：262 毫米。正面：理查-尼克森总统和毛泽东主席坐像，面朝正； ★尼克森总统访华★於上，1972年於下。右侧签名 MK，螺丝於后。明亮的白色石膏模，反面因螺丝安装中央有小污渍。中美领导人歷史性峰会的有趣纪念模，在设计奖牌过程中诞生，於雕匠去世后在他的工作室发现。艺术家米科-考夫曼（Mico Kaufman）是一位出生於罗马尼亚的雕匠，他曾為美国总统杰拉尔德-福特、罗纳德-裡根和乔治-H.W.布殊雕塑过三枚官方就职奖章，以及许多其他奖章。考夫曼曾在罗马美术学院和佛罗伦萨美术学院接受培训，在二战期间被纳粹俘虏，在劳教所度过了三年。他於 1951 年移居美国，并长居直至 2016 年去世。这种石膏模是设计过程的重要组，也是将艺术家的原创雕刻设计转化為奖章不可或缺的一部分。大多数都已丢失或被丢弃，偶尔会发现类像这样的存世稀品，通常出现於艺术家自身的财產中，如同本次呈献的此枚。CHINA. President Nixon/Chairman Mao Meeting in China Plaster Model, 1972. UNCIRCULATED.Diameter: 262mm. Obverse: President Richard Nixon and Chairman Mao Zedong seated, facing; ★ PRESIDENT NIXON VISITS CHINA ★ above, 1972 below. Signed MK at right. Screw at back. Bright white plaster but for a small central stain from a reverse screw mount. An interesting memorial of the historic summit between the Chinese and American leaders. This piece was part of the design process for a proposed medal to commemorate the event. It was found in the studio of the artist after his passing. The artist, Mico Kaufman, was a Romanian-born sculptor who is credited with the creation of three official inaugural medals of United States Presidents, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, as well as many other issues. Kaufman was trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. He was taken captive by the Nazis during World War II and spent three years in a forced labor camp. He emigrated to the United States in 1951, where he lived until his passing in 2016. Such plasters are important parts of the design process and are integral in the transference of the artists original sculpted design into medallic form. Most are lost or discarded, but occasionally survivors like this one are found, usually in the holdings of the artists themselves, as here.
