French

 

France, Switzerland. SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES. By Georges Simon. Bronze 59mm. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 1737/E. $75. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2022)

Georges Simon was born in Paris in 1906. He studied at the École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux Arts de Paris under Henri Dropsy. He worked with Lavriellier, Gregroire and Bazor. He exhibited at the Salon des Artists Français where he received a mention in 1936 and a bronze medal in 1939.He was an engraver and later master-engraver at the Paris Mint from 1931-1971. Simon died in 1982.

 

Price: $0.00

SKU: 5421-16048-6T

 

France. SAINTE JEANNE D’ARC. By Édouard-Pierre Blin (1877-1946). Bronze 62mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol 3 48/F. Cased. $135.

?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: $135.00

SKU: 2781-17130-5A

 

France. ESCRIME. Signed F. R. (Félix Rasumny?). Bronze 43mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 4916-19021-4B

 

France. BOURBONAISE. By Ernesta Robert-Mérignac (1849-1933). Bronze 45mm x 64mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 352/B. $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: 8012-16091-2T

 

France. DISCOVERY OF 100 PLANETS BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER. By Alph?e Dubois (1831-1905. Grand Prix de Rome, 1855). Bronze 68mm. (Cornucopia mintmark, so struck after 1880). Collignon 1957. A couple of light scratches on the obverse. $275

Price: $275.00

SKU: 17351-5A

 

1954, France. SOUS COMPTOIR DES ENTREPRENEURS. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 72mm. Obv: A female holding a plan; workmen in the background. Rev: A building under construction; inscription. $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 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: $120.00

SKU: 5928-18828-4B

 

France, World War I. MARSHAL FOCH. Unsigned, uniface cast bronze 161mm (about 6 1/4 inches). $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 8806-16034-6A

 

1974, France. ROGER VIEILLARD, Graphic Artist. By Robert Couturier. Silvered-copper 79mm. Published by the Club Français de la Médaille. Number 15 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 517/H. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 40010-9C

 

1973, France. ANDRÉ LAVRILLIER, Medallist. By Marguerite Lavrillier-Cossaceanu. Silvered-copper 79mm. Published by the Club Français de la Médaille. Number 3 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1167/F. $150

Marguerite Lavrilier-Cossaceanu was born on January 4, 1893 in Bucarest. She won a grand prix at the Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts in Rome. She studied in Paris under Bourdelle and Brancusi. In 1929 she married Andre Lavrillier, the medallist in 1929. She died in Paris on September 22, 1980

Price: $150.00

SKU: 40007-9C

 

1986, France. MAURICE JAUBERT, Composer. By Jacques Devigne. Silvered-copper 76mm. Published by the Club Français de la Médaille. Number 16 of a limited edition of 100. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 40005-9C

 

1987, France. HUGHES CAPET. By F. Maillart. Bronze 83mm. Club Français de la Médaille. Number 950 of a limited edition of 1000. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 40003-9C

 

1977, France. MARGUERITE D’ANGOULEME. By Marthe Schwenck. Copper 81mm. Published by the Club Français de la Médaille. Number 30 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1692/A. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 40011-9c

 

1985, France. ST. MAUR. By Vardanego. Copper 80mm. Français de la Médaille. Number 33 of a limited edition of 100. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 40002-9C

 

1874, France. CHARLES DE BATZ CASTELMORE COMTE D’ARTAGNAN. By Marcel Renard. Copper 78mm. Published by the Français de la Médaille . Number 6 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1557B. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 40008-9C

 

1974, France. THE KINGS OF FRANCE OF JERUSALEM. By Pierre Bouret. Silvered- Copper. Published by the Club Français de la Médaille. Number 72 of a limited edition of 150. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 page 279. $175

Price: $175.00

SKU: 40009-9C