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France. AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917), Sculptor. By Ren? Gr?goire (1871-1945. Grand Prix de Rome in 1899). Bronze 68mm. $100 ————– Ren? Gr?goire, a French medallist and sculptor, was born at Saumur in 1871. He was a student of Dubois and Thomas. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1899. He received numerous distinctions and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur in 1924. Gr?goire died in 1945.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 0963-18417-7B

 

1951, France. CENTENARY OF LA COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. By Andr? Lavrillier. Bronze 59mm. $95. ———— Andr? Henri Lavrillier was born on 7 May 1885 in Paris. He studied under his father, Charles, an engraver, and later under Chaplain and Bourdelle at the ?cole des Beaux Arts. He won the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1914. He was later made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Besides medals, he designed a number of coins, including the 1933 5 franc coin and coins for Romania. Lavrillier died in1958.

Price: $95.00

SKU: 1539-18837-4B

 

France. Literature. CHARLES PERRAULT. By Georges Guiraud. Bronze 58mm. $75. ———– Georges Guiraud was born at Toulouse on August 5, 1901. He was the son of Albert Guiraud, who was a painter and illuminator of documents. Guiraud studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked in the workshop of Jean Boucher. Guiraud won the First Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1926. He died at Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple (Marne) on May 12, 1989.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 6011-18424-7B

 

France. Literature. THEOPHILE GAUTIER. Writer. By Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931). Uniface cast bronze 137mm. $275. ———— Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931) was born in Paris. He studied under the sculptor, Carltier and medal engraving under Levasseur, Roty and Tonnelier. He won various distinctions during the course of his career and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

Price: $275.00

SKU: 8265-19029-4B

 

France. PAUL VERLAINE (1844-1896, Writer. Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931). Uniface cast bronze 135mm. $275. ———— Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931) was born in Paris. He studied under the sculptor, Carltier and medal engraving under Levasseur, Roty and Tonnelier. He won various distinctions during the course of his career and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

Price: $275.00

SKU: 1287-16860-4B

 

France. Toad. JEAN ROSTAND, Biologist. By Robert Baron. Bronze 68mm. $90. ———– Roger Baron, sculptor and medallist, was born in 1907. He was a student of Paupion and Wl?rick and he worked in the atelier of Maxime Real del Sarte.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 48045-2D

 

France. KELLERMANN, DUC DE VALMY. By Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951). Bronze 60mm. $90. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2023) ———— Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951) was born at M?con. He initially worked under his father, a marble worker, but later moved to Paris, where he studied under the sculptors Alexandre Falgui?re and Claude Antoine Merci?. He became a regular exhibitor at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais. He produced several war memorials following World War I and is noted, among medal collectors, for his medals related to World War I. Morlon designed an effigy of Marianne in a Phrygian cap, which was used on the fifty centime, one franc and two-franc coins from 1931 until 1959. He also designed coins for Uruguay. He was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in 1927. He died at Houdan on February 24, 1951.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 4509-18420-7B

 

1960, France, gastronomy. LE CLUB DES CENT. By Edmond Henri Becker (1871-1971). Bronze plaquette 65mm x 90mm. $135. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2020) ———– 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. Becker died, aged 100, at Nogent-sur-Marne on November 2 1971. He initially created works in the art nouveau style and later in the art deco style.

Price: $0.00

SKU: K15754-15754-11T

 

1927, France, medicine. CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF JEAN-ANTOINE VILLEMIN. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze plaquette 47mm x 59mm. $90. ———– 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: $90.00

SKU: 8668-20286-2C

 

France. DANCING WOMAN WITH GARLAND. By Maurice Th?not (1893-1963)
Gilt-bronze plaquette 55mm x 60mm. $225. Sorry, SOLd (October, 2021) ———- Maurice Th?not 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. Th?not died in 1963.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 16116-2T

 

1969, France. TH?ATRE. Presented as an award. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972), Bronze 68mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 137/J. $125. ——— Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885 in Paris. He studied at the ?cole Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules ?douard Roin?. 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 L?gion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 3408-16471-12T

 

Austria. HARPIST. By Ludwig Hujer (1872-1968). Uniface bronze plaquette 67mm x 100mm. Please note that I had difficulty capturing the actual color of this plaquette. It has a much more golden color than suggested by the pictures. $125. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2021) ————- Ludwig Hujer was born on July 20 1872 in Wilhelmsh?he in Bohemia. He spent two years in apprenticeship in Austria then entered the studio of sculptor Prof. K?ne in 1891 and that of medallist Sten Chwartz in 1893. He distinguished himself as a medallist and sculptor of bas-reliefs, working in Austia France, England and Germany. Hujer died in 1968

Price: $0.00

SKU: 2451-16276-8T

 

1967 (edge stamp). DIANE. By A. Pommier. Bronze 81mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 4 1475/B. $90. ——— Albert Pommier was born in Paris on 11 January 1880. He was an admirer of the work of Bernard Palissy. Pommier studied independently under the French painter Joseph Frank-Bail and the sculptor Louis-Ernest Barrias, rather than pursuing the more traditional route of attending l’?cole des Beaux-Arts. In 1905, he exhibited a series of statues at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais. In 1914 he won the Abd-el-Tif prize, which allowed him to be a resident at the Villa Abd-el-Tif, but had to postpone his attendance due to the outbreak of the First World War, during which he was mobilized as a stretcher bearer in the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Infantry. He wrote of his experiences as a soldier in the trenches. Pommier died in Paris in 1943

Price: $90.00

SKU: 6908-15573-10T

 

1790, Mexico. PROCLAMATION OF CARLOS IV ? CIUDAD DE LOS ANGELES (Puebla). By G.A. Gil. Bronze 48mm. Grove C-127a. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2022)
$350

Price: $0.00

SKU: 18245-11A

 

France. CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867), Writer. By Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931). Uniface cast bronze 139mm. $250. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2022) ———– Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931) was born in Paris. He studied under the sculptor, Carltier and medal engraving under Levasseur, Roty and Tonnelier. He won various distinctions during the course of his career and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 2650-16861