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France. SAINTE GENEVIÉVE. By Edmond Henri Becker (1871-1971). Bronze 59mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 34/B. $75.

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: $75.00

SKU: 6573-16875-7A

 

France. LORRAINE. By Ernesta Robert-Mérignac (1858-1933). Bronze plaquette 49mm x 63mm. Catalogue Générale Illustré vol. 3 353/H. $90.

From Robert- M?rignac?s series of plaquettes depicting women in regional costumes of France: Alsacienne, Angevine, Auvergnate, Boulonnaise, Bourbonnaise, Bressane, Bretone, Catalane, Charentaise, Limousine, Lorraine, Normanide, Olonnaise, Poitevine, Proven?ale, Saintongeaise, Vend?enne.

Ernesta Robert-M?rignac, sculptor and medallist was born at Saint-Omer on August 25 1849. She studied under Mlle Genevi?ve Granger, Mlle Darbefeille and Georges R?cipon. She exhibited four plaquettes in 1905 at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and several medals in 1906 and at the 1924 Olympics. She was the daughter of fencing master Charles Gustave Robert and wife of another, ?mile M?rignac. Her nephew Lucien M?rignac won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympic Foil Masters event. Robert-M?rignac, died at Paris on February 28 1933.

Price: $90.00

SKU: Q3370-15977-2T

 

1950, France. ADRIEN DE LEZAY-MARNESIA – 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST ÉCOLE NORMALE IN FRANCE. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 78mm. Cased. $100

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: $100.00

SKU: 1721-20283-2C

 

France. WOMAN SEATED WITH AN OPEN BOOK. By Henri Dubois (1859-1943). Issued by the Monnaie de Paris (edge stamp). Bronze with a silvered obverse 63mm x 50mm. Probably a trial striking. Unrecorded in the Général Illustré. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 6350-16216-7A

 

1892, France. INSTITUTE DE MARCQ. By Hippolyte Lefébvre (1863-1935). Silvered-bronze plaquette 52mm x 63mm. $95.

Hippolyte Lef?bvre, sculptor and medallist was born in Lille. He studied at the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in Lille, where he won first prizes in drawing and sculpture. He later entered the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he won numerous prizes. He exhibited at the Salon and won the Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1892. Lef?bvre won gold medals for medals that he exhibited at the 1900 Universal Exposition.

Price: $95.00

SKU: 8940-18220-5B

 

1912, France. TRIBUTE TO AMEDEE GODARD. By Ovide Yencesse (1860-1947). Bronze 50mm. Cased. $135.

Ad?m?e Godard was an editor of medals in Paris. He served as the agent for Ovide Yencesse, Oscar Roty and others. He may also have engraved medals, but I have not encountered any of his work. He is not listed in Benezit?s or Eduoard-Joseph?s Dictionaries of artists. ——— Ovide Yencesse (1860-1947) was born at Dijon. He studied under Ponscarme, Thomas and Levillain at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was director of the ?cole des Beaux-Arts at Dijon. He won gold medals at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1900 and in 1920. Yencesse was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1900. Many of his medallic works have a distinctive, subtle effect using a soft, shallow relief.

Price: $135.00

SKU: 9957-15511-3A

 

Hungary. FRANZ LISZT. By Rudolf Mayer. Silvered-bronze 60mm. Niggl 1147a. $275.

Rudolf Mayer, sculptor and medallist, was born in Niedeck in Selesia on June 12 1846. He studied under Otto K?nig in Vienna. He became a professor at the School of Industrrial Arts in Karlsruhe. Mayer died in Karlsruhe on June 24 1916.

Price: $275.00

SKU: 8150-16866-3A

 

France.CAMILLE MULEUR. By Raymond Persin (1870-1934). Uniface Galvano 103mm x 130mm. $125.

Raymond Persin was born at Carvin on December 21 1870. He studied and practiced law and made a name for himself by defending a female singer, who refused to wear a bathing suit in a production of Faust. He also studied art, most notably under sculptor Auguste Carli. He became a member of La Soci?t? Des Artistes Fran?ais. He exhibited medals at the Salon de Paris from 1909 to 1924, receiving an honorable mention in 1920. Persin died in Paris on June 28 1934.
In 1905 Persin married Madeleine Muleur, the daughter of an industrialist. Camille is presumably a relative of hers.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 4659-17176-5A

 

France. ANATOLE FRANCE. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Bronze 68mm. $75.

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: $75.00

SKU: 1744-16239-7A

 

1935, France. CENTENARY OF CAISSE D’ÉPARGNE DE MEAUX. By Pierre-Charles Lenoir (1879-1953). Bronze 60mm. $125.

Pierre-Charles Lenoir (1879-1953) studied under his father, Charles Lenoir, a sculptor, and under Peter, Roty and Mercier. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1903. Lenoir created numerous monuments and an extensive body of medals.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 6956-15577-12A

 

France. PORTEUSE DE FLEURS. By Pierre Turin. Bronze, octagonal 71mm. OBVERSE: A woman carrying a basket of flowers on her shoulder. REVERSE: Presentation inscription. Maier 323, Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 383/K, Classens 130. $200. Sorry, SOLD

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: $0.00

SKU: 51020-TC

 

France. CONFÉDÉRATION NATIONALE DE LA BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE FRANÇAISE. By Louis Muller (1902-1957, Grand Prix de Rome in 1932). Bronze 63mm. $60.

Louis Muller was born on February 22 1902 at V?nissieux 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 Larriv? at the ?cole 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 Andr? 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: $60.00

SKU: 8300-17764-2B

 

1934, France. JEAN PRATS 25TH ANNIVERSARY AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF SETE. By Raoul Bénard (1881-1961. Grand Prix de Rome in 1922). Bronze 68mm. $75.

Raoul B?nard was born on 30 September 1881. He studied under the sculptor Coutan and the medallists Chaplain and Vernon. In 1911 he won the Prix de Rome for medal engraving and, in 1922, a silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, followed by a gold medal two years later. He was later made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. B?nard died in 1961.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 15506-12A

 

1970, Great Britain. AUBREY BEARDSLEY, Illustrator and Author. By Jean-Claude Ammann, Published by le Club Français de la Médaille. Plated copper 81mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 39/D. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 0994-20296-4C

 

France. ÉLÉPHANT SOLITAIRE. By Maurice Thenot. Uniface plaquette 76mm x 52mm. Reddish lacquered finish (used in the post World War II years). OBVERSE: An elephant. Cat. Gen. Vol 3 373/I. $175

From Thénot’s series of plaquettes of African animals: Antilopes Impala, Antelopes Koudou, Buffle de Cafrerie, Combat d’Antilopes, Éléphant Solitaire, Girafes, Léopard, Lion et Lionne, Python, Rhinocéros.

François Maurice Thénot was born in 1893. He studied under Patey. He exhibited in the Salon des Artistes and won a bronze medal in 1927 and a silver medal in 1936. His medallic works include a fine series of plaquettes and medals depicting African animals. Thénot died in 1963.

Price: $175.00

SKU: 5241-19342-9B