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France. PÊCHE A LA LIGNE. (Angling). By René Baudichon (1878-1963). Bronze 50mm. Catalogue Générale Illustré vol. 3. 27/G. $60.

Ren? Baudichon was born at Tours on March 24 1878. He was a student at the ?cole des Beaux-Art at Tours and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He studied under Ernest Barries, Fran?ois Sicard, Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon, and Oscar Roty. He was admitted to the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1903, where he won a bronze medal in 1904 for a plaque commissioned by the Chamber of Commence of Blois. He later won a silver medal in1914 and a gold medal in 1921. He designed numerous medallic works, but also worked as a sculptor and caricaturist. Baudichon died in Paris in 1963

Price: $60.00

SKU: 0606-15564-12A

 

1905, France. MAISON SUR LE NIL (House on Nile). BY PIERRE LOUŸS – AUX AMIS DE LA MAISON DU LIVRE. Unsigned (By Guillaume Laplagne ( 1874 – 1927). Bronze 65mm. Reported mintage of 125. $240

Price: $240.00

SKU: 6995-15568-12A

 

1939, France. DR. MAURICE LEGRAND, Specialist in Alcoholism. By Grandhomme. Bronze 47mm x 59mm. $80

Price: $80.00

SKU: 1066-15572-12A

 

1946, France. World War II. CONFERENCE DE PARIS. By Louis Muller. Bronze 68mm. $125.

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: $125.00

SKU: 59036-KE

 

France. L’ÉTUDE. By Georges Crouzat (1904-1976). Bronze 59mm. $75.

Georges Crouzat (1904-1976) was a student of Landowski and Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was a sociétaire des Artistes Français and received an honorable mention in 1928.

 

Price: $75.00

SKU: 6214-17194-11A

 

Italy. A SATYR. Unattributed medal of the Venuto. Uniface, later cast bronze 40.7mm. Cf. Attwood 416 obverse and Attwood 417. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 6888-19196-9B

 

1950, France. CENTENARY OF L’ÉCOLE D’APPLICATION DU SERVICE DE SANTÉ MILITAIRE. Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Bronze 60mm.$100.

Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885, in Paris.  He studied at the École Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules Édouard Roiné. He became a professor of drawing and worked as a medallisst and sculptor. He designed coins for Morocco, Monaco and Lebanon, and a considerable number of medals. Delannoy was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

 

Price: $100.00

SKU: 9918-16452-12A

 

1914 Belgium. World War I. TRIBUTE TO CARDINAL MERCIER. By Godefroid Devreese. Bronze 65mm. $50

Price: $50.00

SKU: 0042-16679-12A

 

France. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. By Edmond Henri Becker (1871-1971). Bronze 58mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 34/D. Slight damage to the nose on the obverse. $60

Edmond Henri Becker was born in Paris on July 20, 1871. He studied under Valton. He worked as a medallist, sculptor and goldsmith, exhibiting at the Salons des Artistes Fran?ais and des Arts D?coratifs from 1892 until 1951. He initially created works in the art nouveau style and later in the art deco style. Many of his works have a religious theme. Becker died, aged 100, at Nogent-sur-Marne on November 2, 1971.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 9850-16608-12A

 

1952, France. 50TH ANIVERSARY OF UNION DES FRANÇAIS DE L’ÉTRANGER. By Marcel Renard (1892-1974). Bronze 68mm. $75.

Marcel Renard sculptor and medallist was born at Lyon in 1892. He studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Art de Lyon and then at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He spent time in the ateliers of Boucher and Patey. In 1923 he won the Premier Second Prix de Rome and a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes D?corateurs. Renard died in 1974

Price: $75.00

SKU: 8160-15559-12A

 

France. Viticulture, viniculture. LE VIN. By Georges Contaux. Silvered-bronze 58mm. Some rubbing on the tip of the nose on the obverse. $125.

Georges Contaux was born on September 22, 1891 in Paris. He entered the ?cole Boulle, where he studied sculpture and engraving. He joined the 26?me R?giment d?artillerie de campagne at Chartres in 1911. Contaux was wounded during World War I and had two fingers amputated. In 1921 he received an honorable mention at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais. From 1922 to 1923 he worked for the engraver Pierre Lasserre (1870-1943). He then established himself at Vigneux-sur-Seine, where he remained, for the rest of his life, working as a sculptor and medallist. We was a prolific medallist producing about twenty-five hundred medals over the span of fifty years from 1930 to 1980. About fifteen hundred of his medals were religious, another eight hundred related to sports and about 150 were portrait medals. Contaux died at Vigneux-sur-Seine on September 15, 1984.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 9056-18809-3B

 

France. L’ETÉ (The Summer). By Firmin-Marcelin Michelet. For LaSociété des Amis de la Médaille Française. Uniface trial striking of the reverse. Cf. Maier 45. $450.

Firmin-Marcelin Michelet, sculptor and medallist was born at Tarbes (Hautes Pyr?n?es) on September 20, 1875. He studied under Falgi?re, Merci? and Marqueste. He exhibited at the Salon of la Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais, becoming a member in 1902. He won an honorable mention in 1898 and a second-class medal in 1907. Michelet died in the town of his birth on October 14, 1951

Price: $450.00

SKU: 0677-18255-12A

 

France. FREDERIC DUMAREST – STATION D’HAUTVILLE. By L. Croizier. Bronze 80mm. $80.

Price: $80.00

SKU: 5799-18602-3B

 

France. ARTIUM PARENS MINERVA. By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939, Grand Prix de Rome 1908). Bronze 81mm. $225.

Paul-Marcel Dammann, sculptor and medallist was born on June 13, 1885, at Montgerm. He studied under Chaplain. In 1908 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving. In 1928 he won a medal of honor at the Salon and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in the following year. He designed a number of coins for foreign governments. Dammann died in 1939.

Price: $225.00

SKU: 1446-18838-3B

 

France. BABY IN A CRADLE. Unsigned (style of Henry Dropsy). Uniface bronze 50mm. $95

Price: $95.00

SKU: 1822-16850-3A