Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

, a member of La Soci?t? Nationale des Beaux-Arts and of the Salon d?Automne. He created numerous medals and sculptures in carved wood and other materials.

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SKU: 0967-16868-3A

 

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SKU: S15-10792

 

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SKU: S23-12606

 

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(Circa 1930), France. EDOUARD RIST (1871-1956), Physician. By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1908-1939, Grand Prix de Rome 1908). AE 80mm. OBV: bust of Dr. Rist facing left. REV: A nude female holding a posy of flowers. $425. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S23-12928

 

1925, France. EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNS, PARIS. By Pierre Turin. Octagonal bronze 58mm (The smaller version of this medal). Obv: A semi-nude female, seated on a cloud, supporting a basket of flowers on her shoulder and dropping flowers with her other hand. Rev: A tablet set against flowers. Maier 322. $325. ——– Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a Duexi?me second Grand Prix in 1914, a Premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the completion in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins. He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died in 1968.

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SKU: 48006-5D

 

(1948), France. JEAN MOULIN (1899-1943), Leader of the Resistance. By Marcel Courbier (1899-1976). Bronze 68mm. Cat. Gen. Illustre vol. 4 463/A. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 13461-Q

 

1935, France, Algeria. LAUNCHING OF THE VILLE D?ALGER.
12925 By Raymond Delamarre (1890-1986). Bronze 69mm. In its original, circular cardboard box. $150. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2019). ———– Raymond Delamarre was born in Paris on June 8 1890. He studied under his father, an engraver, and under Jules Coutan at l’?cole des beaux-arts de Paris. He was also a student of Rodin. He was mobilized in World War I and was wounded and captured in 1914. He returned to Paris following the war and won the first Grand Prize de Rome for Sculpture in 1919. He exhibited at the international expositions of 1925, 1931 and 1937. Delamarre is noted for large scale sculptures, and a bas-relief, Les Arts et Monuments R?gionau on the liner ?Normandie.? He created a large body of medals and plaquettes. Delamarre died on February 28 1986. ——- A biography and discussion of his work are included in RAYMOND DELAMARRE 1890-1896, published in 2007 to coincide with an exhibition of his work.

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SKU: S23-12925

 

(1909), France. LA VERIT? (Truth). By L?on-Julien Deschamps (1860-1928). Bronze plaquette 46mm x 80mm. OBV: A nude female. REV: A branch and a mirror. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 143/D. Cased. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2018). ——- LA VERIT?

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SKU: S21-12510

 

Undated (early 20th century), Belgium. ART SALON ORGANIZED BY THE BELGIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. By L. De Smeth. Bronze plaquette 53mm x 67mm. OBVERSE: A man, seated at a table, developing a photography. REVERSE: Inscription. Extremely fine. $120, Sorry, SOLD (August, 2020).

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SKU: E2212

 

Undated (early 20th century), France. PAN. By Louis Desvignes. Silvered-bronze 50mm. OBV: Pan seated playing his pipes. REV: Ivy and a syrinx. Classens 66. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S21-12614

 

(Early 20th century), France, Russia. COUNT LEON TOLSTOY (1828-1910), Writer. By Louis Desvignes. Uniface cast bronze 133mm. OBV: Facing bust of Leon Tolstoy. $375. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S25-12609

 

France. MUTUALIT?. By Marie-Alexandre Coudray (1864-1932. Grand Prix de Rome, 1893). Silvered-bronze 56mm x 71mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2020). ——— Marie-Alexandre Lucien Coudray (1864-1932. Grand Prix de Rome, 1893)
Marie-Alexandre Lucien Coudray was born in Paris on February 21 1864. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts and was a student of Dumont, Thomas, Allouard and Ponscarme. In 1893 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving for Orph?e endort Cerb?re aux sons de sa lyre (Orpheus putting Cerebus to sleep by the sound of his lyre), In 1898 he won a first prize at the Salon and a silver medal at the Universal Exposition. Coudray?s best known work is his portrait of Orpheus, which was offered for sale by the Monnaie de Paris, at the Universal Exposition in 1900. 4,500 examples which struck to meet the demand. Coudray died in 1932.

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SKU: Q7790-13870-1R

 

EDWARD III (1327-1377). By Jean Dassier. Bronze 41mm. Obv: Bust of Edward III, facing three-quarters left, in armor and wearing a laureate helmet. Legend: EDOUARD . III . D . G . ANG . FR . ET . HIB . REX. (Edward III, by the grace of God, king of England, France and Ireland). Rev: A circular temple with a niche containing a statue of Mars, symbolic of the king. On the base stand two putti one holding the Garter, the other a shield and palm branch allusions to the king’s establishing the Order of the Garter and his victories. The base is inscribed: NAT. 1312.. COR. 1327. MORT. 1377 (Born 1312, crowned 1327, died 1377). MI I 9/8, Eimer 12, Eisler I 256/13. Dassier issue. $90. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2021)

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SKU: J8635-15424-1S

 

(Circa 1930), France. LES CUISINIERES FRAN?AIS. By Samuel Gr?n (1869-19??). AE-gilt 50mm. Cased. OBV: A woman with an open book, another at a hearth. REV: Clasped hands above an open book. Slight edge bump. Cased. $75. Sorry, SOLD. ——– Samuel Gr?n, painter, sculptor, engraver and medalist was born on February 19 1869 in Tallin, Estonia, the son of Maurice Gr?n, a painter. He worked in London and Paris. Gr?n exhibited at the Soci?t? des artistes Fran?ais and at the Salon of the Royal Academy in London. The exact date of his death is unknown, probably some time after the 1930s

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SKU: L13-11V.13454