France. VINS DE FRANCE. By Aleth Guzman-Nageotte. Bronze 58mm. Obv: A female plucking a bunch of grapes. Rev: Grapes in a winepress. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 3 206/C. $75 – – – – –

Aleth Guzman-Nagotte, sculptor and medallist was born in 1904. She studied at the conservatory in Dijon, then moved to the town?s ?cole des Beaux Arts, where she studied under Ovide Yencesse. The was accepted into the l??cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts at Paris, where she studied engraving under Patey and Dammann and sculpture under Sicard and Bouchard. She won the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1929. Guzman-Nagotte died in 1978.