By Artist

 

1973, France. OBSESSION QUANTITATIVE. By Eva Havelkova, Cast bronze 151mm x 144mm. Published by le Club Fran?aise de la M?daille. Number 3 of an edition of 50. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? volume 4 915/B. $450

Price: $450.00

SKU: 20464-3C

 

France. SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE. By Henry Dropsy. Uniface cast bronze 99mm. $150

Henry Dropsy was born in Paris on January 21, 1885, into a family of sculptors.  He learned his craft under his father Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy. He later studied at l’École Supérieure des Beaux Arts. He was a professor of medal engraving at the school for many years. Dropsy became a member of the Institut in 1942 and a member of the Commission Administrative and of the Commission du Dictionaire. He created many medals. A large collection of his work is held at the Monnaie de Paris, which put on a special exhibition of his medals in 1964, the catalogue for which remains a standard reference. His earliest works are in the art nouveau style. His style evolved considerably over his long career. Dropsy died at Veneux-Les-Sablon on November 2, 1969.

 

Price: $150.00

SKU: 48057-2D

 

1950, France. SAINT JACQUES, PATRON SAINT OF BUTCHERS. Louis Muller. Bronze 63mm. Cased. $90.

Louis Muller was born on February 22 1902 at Vénissieux into a family of modest means. He started to work with metals at the age of 13. He was apprenticed to various jewelers and silversmiths in Lyon. After completing his national service in 1923 he entered the atelier of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Larrivé at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. He later moved to Paris where he studied under Sculpture under Henri Bouchard and medal engraving under Henry Dropsy and Aguste Patey. Muller also studied at the private academy established by André Lavrillier. In 1929 he won the second prix de Rome in medal engraving and in 1932 won the premier prix de Rome. Muller worked for the Monnaie de Paris and for various private makers of medals. He died at Antony in 1957.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 8862-20637-3C

 

1952, France. COMPAGNIE DE CONSTRUCTION MECANIQUE PROCEDES SULZER – AWARDED FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. By ?douard-Pierre Blin (1877-1946). Bronze 67mm. Cased. $125.

?douard-Pierre Blin was born on August 30, 1877, at Chartres. He studied under Chaplain, Peter, Bott?e and Hector Lemarie. He won several distinctions as a medallist and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur. Blin died in Paris in 1946.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 9085-20469-3C

 

1974, France. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHAMBRES D’AGRICULTURE. By Raymond Delamarre. Bronze 58mm. In a circular cardboard case. $50.

Raymond Delamarre was born in Paris on June 8, 1890. He studied under his father, an engraver, and under Jules Coutan at l’École 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 Régionau on the liner ‘Normandie.”   He created a large body of medals and plaquettes. Delamarre died on February 28, 1986. Delamarre’s works, including his medals are discussed and illustrated in RAYMOND DELAMARRE, Sculpteur et Médailleur By Claire Maingon. Rennes, 1924

Price: $50.00

SKU: 7457-20402-3C

 

1974. Italy. AMEDEO MODIGLIANI – PSYCHE AND VENUS. Unsigned, published by the Paris Mint. Bronze 71mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 4573-20840-7C

 

1935, France. CENTENARY OF THE CAISSE D’ÉPARGNE D’EVREUX (Savings bank). By G. Bruneau. Bronze plaquette 50mm x 91mm. In its original cardboard box. $90.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 3342-16639-7A

 

France, Great Britain. PARIS-LONDON FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET. By Henry Dropsy (1885-1969) (Obverse after Marinus van Romerswael). Bronze 72mm. Cased. $125.

Henry Dropsy was born in Paris on January 21, 1885, into a family of sculptors.  He learned his craft under his father Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy. He later studied at l’École Supérieure des Beaux Arts. He was a professor of medal engraving at the school for many years. Dropsy became a member of the Institut in 1942 and a member of the Commission Administrative and of the Commission du Dictionaire. He created many medals. A large collection of his work is held at the Monnaie de Paris, which put on a special exhibition of his medals in 1964, the catalogue for which remains a standard reference. His earliest works are in the art nouveau style. His style evolved considerably over his long career. Dropsy died at Veneux-Les-Sablon on November 2, 1969.

 

Price: $125.00

SKU: 17132-5A

 

1913-14, Monaco. INTERNATIONAL DOG SHOW, MONTE CARLO. By Tony Antoine Szirma? (1871-1938). Bronze 63mm. $150.

Tony Antoine Szirma? medallist and sculptor was born in Hungary in 1871. He entered the Budapest School of Decorative Arts, and later studied under Prof. Eberle at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. He moved to Italy, where he studied under Prof. Kopf for two years at the Palazzo Venezia in Rome. In 1892 he- went to Paris and entered the studio of the Master Ernest Barrias. Szirma? died in 1938.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 30065-5C

 

France. PORTEUSE DES FLEURS – OFFICE AGRICOLE DÉPARTMENTAL DE SEINE ET OISE. By Robert Cochet (1903-1988). Bronze 50mm. $75

Robert Eug?ne Joseph Cochet was born in Paris on May 6 1903. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where specialized in designing medals coins and small bronzes under Auguste Carli and Lucien Bazor and. He began exhibiting at the Salon des artistes Fran?ais in 1929 and was made a member. In 1954 he won a diploma and medal at the international exposition in Madrid. Cochet died at Moulins on July 26 1988.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 5383-15941-2a

 

France. HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869), composer. By Georges Dupr? (1869-1909, Grand Prix de Rome, 1896). Bronze plaqette 48mm x 67mm. Maier 190, Niggl 334. $125.

Georges Dupr? (1869-1909, French sculptor and medalist was born at Saint-?tienne, Loire. He was descended from Augustin Dupr?, a medallist at the time of the French Revolution. He studied under Thomas and Roty. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1896. In 1899 he sent his plaquette ?Salut au Soleil? and ? M?ditation? from Rome for display at the Salon, where he was awarded a third-prize medal. Dupr? suffered from a lifetime of poor health and died at an early age in 1909. He was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the leading exponents of medallic art.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 6146-17331-5A

 

France. CERES – CONCOURS AGRICOLE DE L’ARRONDISSEMENT DE ANDELYS. By Robert Cochet (1903-1988). Bronze 50mm. $75.

Robert Eug?ne Joseph Cochet was born in Paris on May 6 1903. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where specialized in designing medals coins and small bronzes under Auguste Carli and Lucien Bazor and. He began exhibiting at the Salon des artistes Fran?ais in 1929 and was made a member. In 1954 he won a diploma and medal at the international exposition in Madrid. Cochet died at Moulins on July 26 1988.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 8764-15942-2A

 

Algeria, Tunisia. XAVIER LOISY, Président du Conseil d’Administration du Crédit Foncier d’Algérie et de Tunisie. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze 81mm. Escande 164. $225.

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 École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition 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 Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $250.00

SKU: 5402-20284-2C

 

1970, France. CHRIST ROI (Christ the King). By Daniel Du Janerand. Cast bronze 130mm. Published by le Club Français la Médaille. Number 4 of an edition of 120. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 982/A/ $300

Price: $300.00

SKU: 30001-5C

 

France. Music. ERNEST CHAUSSON, Composer. By Aleth Guzman-Nagotte (1904-1978). Bronze 68mm. $45

Aleth Guzman-Nagotte, sculptor and medallist was born in 1904. She studied at the conservatory in Dijon, then moved to the town’s École des Beaux Arts, where she studied under Ovide Yencesse. She was accepted into the l’École Nationale Supérieur 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.

 

Price: $45.00

SKU: 30450-6C