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France. OLONAISE. By Ernesta Robert-Mérignac (1849-1933). Bronze 45mm x 64mm. Catalogue Générale Illustré vol. 3 354/A. Cased. $100.

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: $100.00

SKU: 3089-15463-12A

 

France. VICTOR HUGO (1802-1885), writer. By Pierre-Marie Poisson (1876-1953). Silver 51mm. $225

Price: $225.00

SKU: Q8099-15041-8S

 

France. ALFRED DE VIGNY 1797-1863, 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: 9534-16857-6A

 

France. AZAY LE RIDEAU. By Raymond Tschudin (1916-1998). Uniface cast bronze studio model 205mm (central design 169mm with). $150.

Raymond Tschudin was born in Champigny-sur-Marne on November 2 1916. He was the son of a medalist and came early to his profession. He studied under Henry Dropsy at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. In 1945 he won the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving and studied at the Villa Medicis from 1946 to 1949. He was the creator of a large number of medals, many of which have religious themes. Tschudin died at Provins on November 28 1998

Price: $150.00

SKU: 1340-12649-6A

 

1936, France. PAUL BOYER, Professor of Russian, administrator of the School of Oriental Languages. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze 68mm. $100.

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: $100.00

SKU: 64611-JF

 

1870, France. THE ASSASSINATION OF VICTOR NOIR BY PIERRE BONAPARTE. Signed A I Demay (probably Maurice Jean Augustin Marie Demay cf. BDM vol. 7 p. 215). Large uniface cast bronze approximately 7 inches in diameter. $300

Price: $300.00

SKU: 1136-13137-6A

 

France. FLIGHT. By Claude Fraisse. Bronze 59mm. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: Q4037-15748-LS

 

France. CHARENTAISE. By Ernesta Robert-Mérignac (1849-1933). Bronze 45mm x 64mm. Catalogue Générale Illustré vol. 3 353/F. $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: 7298-16089-2T

 

France. ILE DE FRANCE. By Marcel Renard (1892-1974). Bronze 50mm. $50.

Marcel Renard sculptor and medallist was born at Lyon in 1892. He studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Art de Lyon and then at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He spent time in the ateliers of Boucher and Patey. In 1923 he won the Premier Second Prix de Rome and a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes D?corateurs. Renard died in 1974

Price: $50.00

SKU: 2982-16442-12T

 

France. AMOUR MATERNEL. By Lucien Gibert (1904-1988). Bronze 50mm x 52mm. Catalogue Générale Illustré volume 3 192/B. $125

Lucien Gibert (1904-1988), sculptor and medallist, studied at l??cole des Beaux-Arts se Saint-?tienne and later at l??cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was a student of Jean Boucher and Charles Despiau. He won a gold medal at the International Exposition in Paris in 1937 and at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1939. Gibert was made an officer of la L?gion d?Honneur. He created over 200 medals.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 16055-1A

 

France. JAVELIN. By F. Bouillot. Bronze 48mm x 53mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: Q7635-15744-KS

 

1939, World War II, France, Great Britain. POUR LA LIBERTÉ. By Henry Demey (1888-1966). Cast bronze approximately 8 inches x 9 inches. $400.

There is scant biographical information on Henry Demey. The Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? notes his collaboration with ?douard Fraisse (1880-1945) and the founding a company bearing their joint names in 1922. He is not recorded in the Dictionaire Biographique des Artistes Contemporains or in Benezit?s Dictionaire de Peintre, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs.

Price: $400.00

SKU: 1163-15671-6A

 

1982 Guadeloupe. 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET INDUSTRIE DE POINTE & PITRE. Bronze 68mm. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: Q0090-15453-KS

 

France. BASKET BALL. By Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951). Bronze 51mm x 54mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol 3 p 276/D. $75.

Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951) was born at M?con. He initially worked under his father, a marble worker. He later moved to Paris, where he studied under the sculptors Falgui?re and 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. He was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in 1927.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 0055-16106-2T

 

1966, France. THE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF THE PAQUEBOT PASTEUR. By Lagriffoul 59mm. In its original case. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: Q5186-15581-11T