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France. LOUIS LE LÉANNEC PRESIDENT OF LA CHAMBRE D’AGRICULTURE DU BORBIHAN. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968). Bronze 68mm. Published by the Monnaie de Paris, but not included in their Catalogue Général Illustré. $75.

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: $75.00

SKU: 8785-16196-5T

 

France. ALBERT CALMETTE – INSTITUT PASTEUR. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968). Bronze 68mm. Published by the Monnaie de Paris, but not included in their Catalogue Général Illustré. $75.

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: $75.00

SKU: 0652-16195-5T

 

1937, France. EXPOSITION INTERNATIONAL DES ARTS ET TECHNIQUES, PHILIPS? TRIUMPHAL PATH OF LIGHT AND RADIO. By H. Navarre. Bronze 55mm. Cased. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 8906-17515-10A

 

1979, France. Printing. GEORGES LANG CONTIND, Chamaliéres. By Renée Mayot. Bronze 72mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 8416-16825-11A

 

France. SYNDICAT DES TRAMWAYS & AUTOBUS DE L’E.L.R.T. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT. By ?douard Fraisse (1880-1945). Silvered-bronze 75mm x 53mm. $90.

?douard Fraisse was born on May 14, 1880, at Beaune. He studied under Barrias, Coutan, Chaplain and Vernon. Fraisse collaborated with Henry Demey on numerous medals and plaquettes that typically depicted figures in action. He was admitted to the Soci?t? des artistes fran?ais and exhibited at the Salon des artistes fran?ais, where he won a gold medal in 1937. He was made a chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur in 1929. Fraisse died in Paris on September 13, 1945

Price: $95.00

SKU: 1136-16249-5B

 

France. MOTHERHOOD – VILLE DE LILLE. By Raoul Bénard (1881-1961. Grand Prix de Rome in 1922). Bronze 68mm. Edge nick on the obverse. $80

Price: $80.00

SKU: 5993-17357-2B

 

France. ANDRÉ MARIE AMPÉRE. By Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839-1909). Bronze 50mm. $60.

Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain (1839-1909) was born at Mortagne. He entered the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1857. He studied under the sculptor, Jouffroy, and Eugene-Andr? Oudin?, the medallist. He won the first prize at the Concours de Rome in 1862. He studied in Italy from 1864 to 1868. Cahplain was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in 1881 and became an officer of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1888.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 9814-18407-5B

 

1876, France HIPPOCRATES – FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DE PHARMACIE DE TOULOUSE. By E. Dubois. Bronze 50mm. $50

Price: $50.00

SKU: 9009-18419-5B

 

France. SPORTS AWARD, By E. Bouillot. Bronze 50mm. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 3177-18608-2B

 

France. Cat and dog. S.P.A. By Drago. Gilt-bronze 50mm. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 1875-18495-2B

 

France. WOMAN WITH POULTRY – LA CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL AGRICOLE DE LA VIENNE. By Robert Cochet. Bronze 50mm. $120.

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: $120.00

SKU: 6880-18270-2B

 

France. THERMALISME. By Anie Moroux (1887-1978). Bronze 58mm. $175.

Anie Moroux was born in Paris in 1887. She was a student at ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. In 1919 she was the first female to compete for the Grand Prix de Rome in medal engraving. She became a professor at the ?cole des Beaux Arts at Casablanca and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Mouroux died in 1978.

Price: $175.00

SKU: Q5499-16061-1T

 

France. FÉLIX ROUX, Industrialist who installed the elevators in the Eiffel Tower. By Paul Paulin. Copper electrotype 101mm x 101mm. $200.

Paul Paulin was born at Chamali?res on July 13 1852. He initially studied dentistry and became a distinguished dentist in his own right. He had a passion for the arts and was accomplished in painting and in sculpture in particular. In 1883 he met Degas, who encouraged him to further pursue his passion. He also became a personal friend of Rodin. Paulin exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais from 1882 until 1889 and starting in 1901 at the Salon de la Soci?t? Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Paulin died at Neuilly in 1937. Many of his works are in the collection of the Mus?e d’Orsay.

Price: $200.00

SKU: A9079-15771-LS

 

1950, France. 2ND INTERNATIONAL WINE AND VINE FESTIVAL, MONTPELLIER. By Émile Monier (1883-1970). Silver-gilt 50mm. Cased. $150.

?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: $150.00

SKU: 5162-15496-12A

 

France. OFFICE NATIONAL DES RECHERCHES ET INVENTIONS. By Édouard-Pierre Blin (1877-1946). Silvered-bronze 57mm. Obv: A seated female. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Cased. $120.

?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: $120.00

SKU: 784115514-12A