France. SACRÉ COEUR. Jean Vezien. Uniface bronze plaquette 41mm x 95mm. Obv: A standing figure of Christ revealing His Sacred Heart. Cat. Gen. Vol. 3 398/A. $80 Sorry, SOLD (August, 2023)

Jean Vézien was born in 1890. He studied at the  École des Beaux-Arts de Marseille and later at the École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris.  He won the first Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1921. He won gold medals in 1931 and at the International Exposition in 1937. He was director of Beaux- Arts de Marseille  from 1942-1961.