French

 

1815, France ARRIVAL OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA. By Thomas Halliday. Bronze 54mm. D’Essling 1643. Color more even and contrasts less marked than suggested by the picture. $150.

Price: $150.00

SKU: Q4355-14673-1R

 

France. NICE. By Pierre-Charles Lenoir. Bronze 68mm. Obv: A putto beside a seated female holding a basket of fruit. Rev: Masks either side of a crowned shield. Lacquered finish. $60 ———-

Pierre-Charles Lenoir was born in 1879. He studied under his father, Charles Lenoir, a sculptor, and under Peter, Roty and Mercier. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1903. He created numerous monuments and an extensive body of medals. He died in 1953.>

Price: $60.00

SKU: 1783-16186-5T

 

1967, France. JULIEN GREEN, WRITER. By Engles. AE 77mm. OBV: A profile and facing head of Julien Green. REV: The names of some of Green’s works. Extremely fine. $40

Price: $40.00

SKU: S14-E3418

 

1911, France. MILLENIUM OF NORMANDY. By A. Guillot. Silver plaquette 48mm x 70mm. RESERVED.

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q5155-7S

 

France, World War I. SAINT JOAN OF ARC – LA MARNE. Signed with a monogram. Uniface cast iron studio model from the archive of the Delande Company, Paris, approximately 9 inches x 9 inches. $675. ———- Delande et Cie. of Paris was a company that manufactured and distributed medals, decorations, flags, trophies and related items. In was founded in the late 19th century and closed its doors in the 1980s. It had customers throughout the world and produced military decorations and uniform ornamentations for several governments.

Price: $675.00

SKU: 6650-15056-12T

 

France. Swimming. CONCOURS DE NATATION. By Maurice Delannoy. Bronze 50mm. $75. ———- Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885, in Paris. He studied at the ?cole Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules ?douard Roin?. 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 L?gion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 2180-19049-7B

 

France. REPUBLIQUE FRAN?AISE. By Louis-Alexandre Bott?e (1852-1941, Grand Prix de Rome in 1878). Uniface cast bronze 126mm. $275. ———– Louis-Alexandre Bott?e (1852-1941) was born in Paris. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to a button-making manufactory, where he was responsible for engraving dies. He later studied at the ?cole des Art D?coratifs. In 1869 he joined the atelier of Paulin Tasset and in 1871 he joined the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the Premiere Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1878 and a gold medal at the Salon of 1900. In 1903 he was made an Officier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

Price: $275.00

SKU: 8917-18218-4B

 

France. ALCATEL CIT. By C. Fraisse. Bronze 50mm. $60. ———– ?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: $60.00

SKU: 0806-18804-7B

 

France. SOCI?T? CENTRALE D?AVICULTURE. By Roger Baron. Bronze 50mm. $30. ———– Roger Baron, sculptor and medallist, was born in 1907. He was a student of Paupion and Wl?rick and he worked in the atelier of Maxime Real del Sarte.

Price: $30.00

SKU: 4797-18653-7B

 

France. NUDE WITH DOVES. By Claude Mascaux (1882-1965). Bronze 50mm. Cleaned. $175. ———– L?on-Claude Mascaux was born in Saine-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882, He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olumpic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts D?oratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

Price: $175.00

SKU: 8478-16414-12T

 

France. F?D?RATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE. By ?douard-Pierre Blin (1877-1946). Bronze 65mm. $275. ————— ?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: $275.00

SKU: 2002-19053-5B

 

France.20 YEARS OF SERVICE AT ETS. POULIET & CHAUSSON. By Marie-Alexandre Coudray (1864-1932. Grand Prix de Rome, 1893). Bronze 50mm. $50. ——— Marie-Alexandre Lucien Coudray was born in Paris on February 21 1864. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts and was a student of Dumont, Thomas, Allouard and Ponscarme. In 1893 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving for Orph?e endort Cerb?re aux sons de sa lyre (Orpheus putting Cerebus to sleep by the sound of his lyre), In 1898 he won a first prize at the Salon and a silver medal at the Universal Exposition. Coudray?s best known work is his portrait of Orpheus, which was offered for sale by the Monnaie de Paris, at the Universal Exposition in 1900. 4,500 examples which struck to meet the demand. Coudray died in 1932.

Price: $50.00

SKU: 5844-15676-10T

 

France. World War I. MAR?CHAL JOFFRE. By Henry Nocq. Bronze 68mm Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 4292/B. $90. ———– Henry (Henri-Eug?ne) Nocq was born in Saint-Mand? (Val-de-Marne) in 1869. He studied under the sculptor, Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu. Starting in 1887 he exhibited at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais. He won a silver medal at the Universal Exhibition in 1900. In 1907 he was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. He was interested in and wrote about art theory. Nocq created medals, plaquettes, sculpture and many artistically designed everyday objects. He died in 1944.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 1995-18428-7B

 

France. SAINT PIERRE (St. Peter). By Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951). Bronze 60mm. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 4 273/F. $45. ————- Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951) was born at M?con. He initially worked under his father, a marble worker, but later moved to Paris, where he studied under the sculptors Alexandre Falgui?re and Claude Antoine 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. Morlon designed an effigy of Marianne in a Phrygian cap, which was used on the fifty centime, one franc and two-franc coins from 1931 until 1959. He also designed coins for Uruguay. He was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in 1927. He died at Houdan on February 24, 1951.

Price: $45.00

SKU: 18427-7B

 

France. VICTORY WITH AN ATHLETE. By Claude Mascaux (1882-1965). Bronze 50mm. Some glue or other residue on the reverse.
$150. ———– L?on-Claude Mascaux was born in Saine-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882, He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olumpic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts D?oratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 8443-16422-10T