French

 

France. FLORE. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Uniface bronze 72mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 136D. Lacqueured finish (used in the post-WWII years). $125.

Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885, in Paris.  He studied at the École Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules Édouard Roiné. He became a professor of drawing and worked as a medallisst and sculptor. He designed coins for Morocco, Monaco and Lebanon, and a considerable number of medals. Delannoy was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 1250-17577-7B

 

France. ALBIN HALLER, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Sorbonne. By René Baudichon (1878-1963). Silver plaquette 49mm x 68mm (edge stamped 1ARGENT). Freeman 224 (bronze). $200.

Ren? Baudichon was born at Tours on March 24 1878. He was a student at the ?cole des Beaux-Art at Tours and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He studied under Ernest Barries, Fran?ois Sicard, Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon, and Oscar Roty. He was admitted to the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1903, where he won a bronze medal in 1904 for a plaque commissioned by the Chamber of Commence of Blois. He later won a silver medal in1914 and a gold medal in 1921. He designed numerous medallic works, but also worked as a sculptor and caricaturist. Baudichon died in Paris in 1963

Price: $200.00

SKU: 8719-18872-4B

 

France. UNE SEULE FAMILLE (One Family) – LA FRANCE. By Georges-Henri Prud’homme (1873-1947). Bronze 60mm. Cased. $100.

Georges-Henri Prud’homme (1873-1947),sculptor and medallist a student at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, where he studied engraving under Alphée Dubois and sculpture under Falguière. He exhibited at the salon beginning in 1894. He won an honorable mention in 1901 and a third class medal in 1904. In 1905 he became a Sociétaire des Artistes Français and a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 7860-17136-5A

 

France. LES PÊCHEURS (The Fishermen). By Émile Monier (1883-1970). Bronze 77mm x 37mm. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 3 262/E. $175.

?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: $175.00

SKU: 6355-16191-5T

 

France. LA CIGALE ET LA FOURMI (The Grasshopper and the Ant) – LA CAISSE D’EPARGNE DE ROANNE. By Jean Vernon. Bronze 68mm. Obv: The hard working ant and the singing grasshopper. Cf. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 391/D. $120. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023)

Jean ?mile Louis de Vernon (known as Jean Vernon) was the son of medallist and sculptor Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1 1897. Vernon studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lef?bvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9 1975.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 8444-16124-2T

 

1936, France. VILLE DE COLOMBES – GRANDE MANIFESTATION LAÏQUE. By Jean Vernon (1897-1975). Bronze 58mm. $125.

Sculptor Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1 1897. Vernon studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lef?bvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9 1975.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 6549-16077-1T

 

France. DR. PIERRE DESCLAUX. 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 ?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 in 1968.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 9847-16220-8T

 

France. SOCIÉTÉ CANINE DU SUD-EST. By Richard Fath (1900-1952). Bronze 49mm x 49mm. $60.

Richard Fath was born in 1900. He was a French sculptor who worked in various media suchas bronze, terracotta, plaster, carved wood and marble. He was a student of Jean Boucher and exhibited at the Salon beginning in 1925. He is noted in particular for his sculptures of animals, especially dogs. He also created some medallic works including a few with a strong art deco style. Fath died in 1952.

Price: $60.00

SKU: A0615-16026-1T

 

1936, France. EXPOSITION DU TRAVAIL, PAU. By Édouard Fraisse. Gilt-bronze 50mm. $100.

?douard Fraisse (1880-1945) was born at Beaune. He studied under Barrias, Coutan, Chaplain and Vernon. He collaborated with Henry Demey on numerous medals and plaquettes that typically depicted figures in action. He was made a chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur.

Price: $100.00

SKU: A7694-15631-LS

 

France. PAUL VALERY, Poet. By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939, Grand Prix de Rome 1908). Bronze 68mm. $135.

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: $135.00

SKU: 7516-17319-8a

 

France. SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DES HABITATIONS – BON MARCHÉ (French Society of Affordable Housing). By Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839-1909). Uniface studio cast 256mm. Maier 72. $775.

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: $775.00

SKU: 0857-14049-3A

 

1958, France, Medicine. DR. A.P. RICHARD, SOMATOLOGIST – HÔPITAL SAINT LOUIS. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968), Published by Arthus Bertrand. Bronze 70mm. $90.

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: $90.00

SKU: 30883-9C

 

1898, France. Printing. BICENTENARY OF L’IMPRIMERIE L. DANEL. By Oscar Roty (1846-1911. Grand Prix de Rome, 1875). Silvered-bronze 50mm. $150

Louis Oscar Roty was born at Paris on June 11, 1846. He initially studied painting at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. It is reported that he lost the money for a paint box and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class and thence into sculpting. This trajectory would eventually lead to his career as the most celebrated medallist of his time. Along the way, he studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and under Ponscarme, Chapu and Chaplain. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1875. Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes. In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. Roty was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was responsible for reintroducing the plaquette, an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance. His ?Semeuse? (sower) was widely used on French coins and stamps. He died in Paris on March 23, 1911.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 2542-18088-10A

 

France. TÊTE D’ENFANT. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Uniface bronze 55mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol 3 383/H. $175.

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: 8930-17739-10A

 

1909, France. DR. SCHIFFERS. Signed JH. R. Cast bronze plaquette 92mm x 160mm. $600

Price: $600.00

SKU: 3082-12060-1T