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France. DIEU EST MON APPUI. (God is my support). By Jean Vernon (1897-1975). Bronze 59mm. $100.

Jean ?mile Louis de Vernon (known as Jean Vernon) was the son of medallist and sculptor Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1 1897. Vernon studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lef?bvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9 1975.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 2273-16103-2T

 

France. ARGYROKOPOS, LE MONNAYEUR. By Ovide Yencesse (1860-1947). Published by LSociété Français des Amis de la Médaille. Bronze 100mm x 88mm. $600

Price: $600.00

SKU: Q4089-15688-KS

 

1933, France. OPENING OF THE CAISSE D’ÉPARGNE, METZ. By Legendre. Bronze plaquette 56mm x 80mm. $200.

Henri-Nicolas Legendre, sculptor, was born at Tritteling (Moselle) on October 22 1898. His artistic ambitions were interrupted by World War I. He was a student of Jean-Antoine Injalbert and Auguste Carli at l?E?cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris from 1923 to 1929. He won various awards including a gold medal for La Jeune Fille a` la Colombe (Girl with a Dove) at the Salon in 1934. Legendre traveled to Greece Italy and Antilles, where he created a number of works, which he displayed on his return. He designed several medals and plaquettes. Legendre died in 1978

Price: $200.00

SKU: Q1030-15692-KS

 

France. INSTRUCTION PRIMAIRE – EDUCATION NATIONALE. By Oscar Roty. Bronze 50mm. In a contemporary circular case. $90.

Louis Oscar Roty was born at Paris on June 11, 1846. He initially studied painting at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. It is reported that he lost the money for a paint box and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class and thence into sculpting. This trajectory would eventually lead to his career as the most celebrated medallist of his time. Along the way, he studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and under Ponscarme, Chapu and Chaplain. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1875. Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes. In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. Roty was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was responsible for reintroducing the plaquette, an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance. His ?Semeuse? (sower) was widely used on French coins and stamps. He died in Paris on March 23, 1911.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 9540-17566-1B

 

France GENERAL HENRI GIRAUD. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze 68mm. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 pt. 3 1836/C. $120.

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.

Price: $120.00

SKU: Q9197-15996-LS

 

1944, France. LE COMPLIMENT. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze 68mm. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 3 382/D. $150.

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 deuxi?me 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 L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died on July 25 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 48026-2D

 

1971 (date of award) France. SOCIÉTÉ DE COMPTABILITÉ DE FRANCE. By Coutre. Silver 50mm (edge stamped 1ARGENT). Cased. $95. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2022)

Robert Coutre, sculptor and medallist, was born in 1915. He studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was a student of Dropsy, Bouchard and Wlérick. He won the second Grand Prix de Rome in medal engraving. He exhibited frequently and won several prizes.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 3548-17149-8A

 

France. ALFRED DE MUSSET (1810-1857), Romantic Writer. By Louis-Eugène Mouchon (1843-1914). Uniface cast bronze plaquette 77mm x 108mm. $225.

Louis-Eug?ne Mouchon was born in Paris on 30 August, 1843. He studied under his father and first exhibited at the Salon in 1876. In 1888 he became a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?cais and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honner in 1895. He won a silver medal at the Universal Expostion in 1900. Mouchon designed several postage stamps and banknotes. He died at Montrouge on 3 March, 1914.

Price: $225.00

SKU: 8657-17538-7B

 

France. FLORE. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Uniface bronze 72mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 136D. Lacqueured finish (used in the post-WWII years). $125.

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: $125.00

SKU: 1250-17577-7B

 

France. ALBIN HALLER, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Sorbonne. By René Baudichon (1878-1963). Silver plaquette 49mm x 68mm (edge stamped 1ARGENT). Freeman 224 (bronze). $200.

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: $200.00

SKU: 8719-18872-4B

 

France. UNE SEULE FAMILLE (One Family) – LA FRANCE. By Georges-Henri Prud’homme (1873-1947). Bronze 60mm. Cased. $100.

Georges-Henri Prud’homme (1873-1947),sculptor and medallist a student at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, where he studied engraving under Alphée Dubois and sculpture under Falguière. He exhibited at the salon beginning in 1894. He won an honorable mention in 1901 and a third class medal in 1904. In 1905 he became a Sociétaire des Artistes Français and a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 7860-17136-5A

 

France. LES PÊCHEURS (The Fishermen). By Émile Monier (1883-1970). Bronze 77mm x 37mm. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 3 262/E. $175.

?mile Monier, sculptor and medallist was born in 1883. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, and in the studios of Ponscarme and Peter. In the course of his career he received numerous honors and became a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. Monier died in 1970.

Price: $175.00

SKU: 6355-16191-5T

 

France. LA CIGALE ET LA FOURMI (The Grasshopper and the Ant) – LA CAISSE D’EPARGNE DE ROANNE. By Jean Vernon. Bronze 68mm. Obv: The hard working ant and the singing grasshopper. Cf. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 391/D. $120. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023)

Jean ?mile Louis de Vernon (known as Jean Vernon) was the son of medallist and sculptor Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1 1897. Vernon studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lef?bvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9 1975.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 8444-16124-2T

 

1936, France. VILLE DE COLOMBES – GRANDE MANIFESTATION LAÏQUE. By Jean Vernon (1897-1975). Bronze 58mm. $125.

Sculptor Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1 1897. Vernon studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lef?bvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9 1975.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 6549-16077-1T

 

France. DR. PIERRE DESCLAUX. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze 68mm. $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 ?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 deuxi?me 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 L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died in 1968.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 9847-16220-8T