The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 10, 2026

A bronze medal, aged with a dark brown patina, displays two circular faces. On one, three muscular nude figures reach toward a winged horse from a rocky outcrop. On the other, a small tree stands at the base of a craggy mountain beneath scattered stars. Raised text arches around the border: THERE IS NO EASY WAY FROM THE EARTH TO THE STARS.

Medal: There is No Easy Way from the Earth to the Stars

1933

Gaetano Cecere

(American, 1894–1985)

Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1933.420

Location: Not on view

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1933.420