This medal's obverse bears Sir Henry Moore's Reclining Figure sculpture.
The reverse shows view of Lincoln Center with court yard and fountain.
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts was built as part of Robert Moses' program of urban renewal in the 1950s and 1960s. Civic leaders led by John D. Rockefeller III contracted famous architects to design Lincoln Center and rejuvenate and reenrgize the previously blighted neighborhood around Lincoln Square. Today, Lincoln Center hosts the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, and the New York City Ballet and the neighborhood is one of New York City's cultural hubs.
The medal celebrates the 10th anniversary of the opening of the complex's first building, the David Geffen Hall, in 1962.
The circular medal measures 76mm in diameter and was struck in bronze by the Medallic Art Company of New York. No mintage is reported.
References: MACo 1972-127