French

 

France. PHILÉAS LEBESGUE, Writer and Literary Critic. By Vic-Daumas. Bronze 68mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1876/A. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 30445-6C

 

1971, France. JULES VALLES, Journalist and Author. By Marcel Chauvenet. Copper 68mm. Published by le Club Français de la Médaille. Cast bronze 110mm. Number 4 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 386/C. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 30443-6C

 

France. SWIMMING AWARD. By ?mile Monier. Bronze 68mm. $135.

?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: $135.00

SKU: 30440-6C

 

1935, France. Cardinal Richelieu – 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE. By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939, Grand Prix de Rome 1908). Cast bronze 117mm. $600.

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: $600.00

SKU: 7197-30048-4C

 

France. World War I. TO THE FACTORY WORKERS OF THE GREAT WAR. By Louis Desvignes. Bronze 50mm. Cased. $50.

Louis Desvignes, sculptor and medallist,was born on November 14 1877 at Creusot (Sa?ne-et-Loire), He was a student of Raoul. Verlet, Paul Auban and Henri Dubois at l’?cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris . He was a soci?taire du Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and won a gold medal in 1932. Desvignes died in Paris on June 22, 1934.

Price: $50.00

SKU: 20656-4C

 

1953, France. ESCRIMEUSE (Swordswoman). By Ernesta Robert-Mérignac. Bronze plaquette 74mm x 50mm. $70.

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: $70.00

SKU: 5790-20631-3C

 

France. THE FOUR SEASONS. By Henry Dropsy. Set of four. Bronze 50mm x 50mm. $675.

Henry Dropsy was born in Paris on January 21, 1885, into a family of sculptors.  He learned his craft under his father Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy. He later studied at l’École Supérieure des Beaux Arts. He was a professor of medal engraving at the school for many years. Dropsy became a member of the Institut in 1942 and a member of the Commission Administrative and of the Commission du Dictionaire. He created many medals. A large collection of his work is held at the Monnaie de Paris, which put on a special exhibition of his medals in 1964, the catalogue for which remains a standard reference. His earliest works are in the art nouveau style. His style evolved considerably over his long career. Dropsy died at Veneux-Les-Sablon on November 2, 1969.

 

 

Price: $675.00

SKU: 2037-20649-4C

 

France. TÉLÉGRAPH SANS FILS (Wireless telegraph). By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939, Grand Prix de Rome 1908). Bronze 68mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 116/A. $250.

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: $250.00

SKU: 30419-6C

 

1908, France. EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE ET CONGRÈS INTERNATIONALE DES APPLICATIONS DE DE L’ÉLECTRICITÉ, MARSEILLE. By Dejean. Silver (edge stamped 1ARGENT) 54mm. $350.

Louis Dejean was born in Paris on June 9, 1872. He studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs. He was a member of the Soci?t? Nationale des Beaux-Arts and of the Salon d?Automne. He worked as a sculptor and engraver in the studio of Gaston Schnegg. Dejean died in Paris on January 6, 1953.

Price: $350.00

SKU: 20423-2C

 

1825, France. RE-ERECTION OF THE STATUE OF LOUIS XIV IN LYON. By Galle. Copper 50mm. Collignon 481. $95

Price: $95.00

SKU: 5366-20420-2C

 

1932, France. E. ALBERT GLANDAZ, Sportsman and Sports Sponsor. Indistinct signature. Uniface bronze plaquette 76mm x 75mm. Cased. $50

Price: $50.00

SKU: 20849-8C

 

France. CONFÉDÉRATION DE L’ARTISANAT ET DES PETITES ENTREPRISES DU BÂTIMENT By Georges Guiraud. Bronze 50mm. $35

Price: $35.00

SKU: 5995-19119-9B

 

France. SYNDICAT GÉNÉRAL DES FONDEURS DE FRANCE By Édouard-Pierre Blin (1877-1946). Gilt-bronze 70mm x 58mm. Cased. $75.

?douard-Pierre Blin was born on August 30 1877 at Chartres. He studied under Chaplain, Peter, Bott?e and Hector Lemarie. He won several distinctions as a medallist and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur. Blin died in Paris in 1946.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 0285-16695-7A

 

1957, France. 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FONDATION DANOISE DE LA CITÉ. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 68mm. $125.

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: $125.00

SKU: 4438-19720-12B

 

France. LOUIS XVI.Signed with a TLP (?) monogram. Cast bronze 128mm. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 5894-20680-4C