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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, Italy. NAPOLEON – FOUNDING OF THE CISALPINE REPUBLIC. By Luigi Manfredini. Copper 62mm. Stamped COPIE on its edge indicating that it was issued by Brasseux circa 1830. (Brasseux obtained the dies for many Napoleonic medals and reissued medals. The company also created new dies to commemorate key events that were not otherwise recorded my a medal). D’Essling 709, Hennin 782, Tresor 63/7, missing from the Schwering collection. $325

Price: $325.00

SKU: 6349-20844-7C

 

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

 

1980, France. Construction CENTENARY OF GAGNERAUD PÉRE ET FILS. By J.C. Ammann. Bronze 83mm. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 4625-30004-5C

 

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

 

France. CONSTANTIN GUYS, Painter. By Hélène Guastalla. Bronze 72mm

Price: $45.00

SKU: 30454-5C

 

France. BERNARD VILLEMOT, Painter. By Jacques Despierre. Bronze 73mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 620/A. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 30458-6C

 

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

 

France. SOCIÉTÉ LIBRE DE L’EURE.. By E. Farochon. Copper 51mm. (cornucopia edge stamp, so struck after 1880). $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 9160-30252-5C

 

France. CLUB DES AMATEURS FRANÇAIS DES CHIENS BOUVIERS DES FLANDRES. By Richard Fath (1900-1952). Bronze 50mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 9720-16433-2A

 

France. LES ARTS. By Henri Bouchard. Uniface bronze 81mm. $125.

Henri-Louis Bouchard (1875-1960), French sculptor studied under Louis-Ernest Barrias. He won the first Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1901 and a medal of honor for sculpture at the Exposition des Art D?coratifs in 1925.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 6464-19047-5B

 

1927, Belgium. VISIT OF KING FOUAD OF EGYPT. By Séraphin-Émile Vernier and Godefroid Devreese. Bronze 72mm. $750

Price: $750.00

SKU: 30449-6C

 

France. J.L. BARRAULT, Actor. By Belmondo. Bronze 58mm. $90.

Paul Belmondo (1898-1982) sculptor and medallist was born in Algeria. He studied at the ?cole des Beaux Art in Algiers and then at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he later became a professor. He created an extensive body of medals. The Monnaie de Paris exhibited his work in 1976.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 2930-20852-7C